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to seek to dispossess the squatter and the squatter ought in the circumstances to be
registered as proprietor

 the squatter is for some other reason entitled to be registered as proprietor, or

 the squatter has been in adverse possession of land adjacent to their own under the
mistaken but reasonable belief that they are the owner of it, the exact line of the boundary
with this adjacent land has not been determined and the estate to which the application
relates was registered more than a year prior to the date of the application.

 In the event that the application is rejected but the squatter remains in adverse possession for a
further two years, they will then be able, subject to certain exceptions, to reapply to be
registered as proprietor and this time will be so registered whether or not anyone opposes the
application.

1 By ‘opposed’ we mean that a counter notice is served; see section 8 Giving counter notice to the
registrar in response to notice. Instead, or at the same time, the registered proprietor may object to the
application on the ground that there has not been the necessary 10 years’ adverse possession; see
section 7 Objecting to the squatter’s application for the implications of such an objection.

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