Legal News (Property)

The system of registration for septic tanks came into operation on 31 March 2012 following the enactment of the Water Service (Amendment) Act 2012. The purpose of the Act was to monitor waste water discharges from all households that are not connected to a public sewer network. The Act provided that all domestic waste water treatment systems should be registered by 1 February 2013 and failure to do so will have implications which are set out below. It is the responsibility of the owner of the waste treatment system to register their system.

The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) was enacted on 24 July 2013 and provides much welcome relief to Lenders whose security was affected by the repeal of certain statutory powers in the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) and the subsequent decision in Start Mortgages Ltd –v- Gunn.