Land Registration Act 2002
Land Registration Act 2002 (2002 c. 9)
- Land Registration Act 2002 (2002 c. 9)
- Part 1 Preliminary
- 1 Register of title
- 2 Scope of title registration
- Part 2 First registration of title
- Chapter 1 First registration
- Voluntary registration
- 3 When title may be registered
- Compulsory registration
- 4 When title must be registered
- 5 Power to extend section 4
- 6 Duty to apply for registration of title
- 7 Effect of non-compliance with section 6
- 8 Liability for making good void transfers etc
- Classes of title
- 9 Titles to freehold estates
- 10 Titles to leasehold estates
- Effect of first registration
- 11 Freehold estates
- 12 Leasehold estates
- Dependent estates
- 13 Appurtenant rights and charges
- Supplementary
- 14 Rules about first registration
- Chapter 2 Cautions against first registration
- 15 Right to lodge
- 16 Effect
- 17 Withdrawal
- 18 Cancellation
- 19 Cautions register
- 20 Alteration of register by court
- 21 Alteration of register by registrar
- 22 Supplementary
- Part 3 Dispositions of registered land
- Powers of disposition
- 23 Owner’s powers
- 24 Right to exercise owner’s powers
- 25 Mode of exercise
- 26 Protection of disponees
- Registrable dispositions
- 27 Dispositions required to be registered
- Effect of dispositions on priority
- 28 Basic rule
- 29 Effect of registered dispositions: estates
- 30 Effect of registered dispositions: charges
- 31 Inland Revenue charges
- Part 4 Notices and restrictions
- Notices
- 32 Nature and effect
- 33 Excluded interests
- 34 Entry on application
- 35 Unilateral notices
- 36 Cancellation of unilateral notices
- 37 Unregistered interests
- 38 Registrable dispositions
- 39 Supplementary
- Restrictions
- 40 Nature
- 41 Effect
- 42 Power of registrar to enter
- 43 Applications
- 44 Obligatory restrictions
- 45 Notifiable applications
- 46 Power of court to order entry
- 47 Withdrawal
- Part 5 Charges
- Relative priority
- 48 Registered charges
- 49 Tacking and further advances
- 50 Overriding statutory charges: duty of notification
- Powers as chargee
- 51 Effect of completion by registration
- 52 Protection of disponees
- 53 Powers as sub-chargee
- Realisation of security
- 54 Proceeds of sale: chargee’s duty
- 55 Local land charges
- Miscellaneous
- 56 Receipt in case of joint proprietors
- 57 Entry of right of consolidation
- Part 6 Registration: general
- Registration as proprietor
- 58 Conclusiveness
- 59 Dependent estates
- Boundaries
- 60 Boundaries
- 61 Accretion and diluvion
- Quality of title
- 62 Power to upgrade title
- 63 Effect of upgrading title
- 64 Use of register to record defects in title
- Alteration of register
- 65 Alteration of register
- Information etc.
- 66 Inspection of the registers etc
- 67 Official copies of the registers etc
- 68 Index
- 69 Historical information
- 70 Official searches
- Applications
- 71 Duty to disclose unregistered interests
- 72 Priority protection
- 73 Objections
- 74 Effective date of registration
- Proceedings before the registrar
- 75 Production of documents
- 76 Costs
- Miscellaneous
- 77 Duty to act reasonably
- 78 Notice of trust not to affect registrar
- Part 7 Special cases
- The Crown
- 79 Voluntary registration of demesne land
- 80 Compulsory registration of grants out of demesne land
- 81 Demesne land: cautions against first registration
- 82 Escheat etc
- 83 Crown and Duchy land: representation
- 84 Disapplication of requirements relating to Duchy land
- 85 Bona vacantia
- Overseas entities
- 85A Overseas entities
- Pending actions etc.
- 86 Bankruptcy
- 87 Pending land actions, writs, orders and deeds of arrangement
- Miscellaneous
- 88 Incorporeal hereditaments
- 89 Settlements
- 90 PPP leases relating to transport in London
- Part 8 Electronic conveyancing
- 91 Electronic dispositions: formalities
- 92 Land registry network
- 93 Power to require simultaneous registration
- 94 Electronic settlement
- 95 Supplementary
- Part 9 Adverse possession
- 96 Disapplication of periods of limitation
- 97 Registration of adverse possessor
- 98 Defences
- Part 10 Land registry
- Administration
- 99 The land registry
- 100 Conduct of business
- 101 Annual report
- Fees and indemnities
- 102 Fee orders
- 103 Indemnities
- Miscellaneous
- 104 General information about land
- 105 Services relating to land or other property
- 106 Incidental powers: companies
- Part 11 Adjudication
- 107 The adjudicator
- 108 Jurisdiction
- 109 Procedure
- 110 Functions in relation to disputes
- 111 Appeals
- 112 Enforcement of orders etc
- 113 Fees
- 114 Supplementary
- Part 12 Miscellaneous and general
- Miscellaneous
- 115 Rights of pre-emption
- 116 Proprietary estoppel and mere equities
- 117 Reduction in unregistered interests with automatic protection
- 118 Power to reduce qualifying term
- 119 Power to deregister manors
- 120 Conclusiveness of filed copies etc
- 121 Forwarding of applications to registrar of companies
- 122 Repeal of Land Registry Act 1862
- Offences etc.
- 123 Suppression of information
- 124 Improper alteration of the registers
- 125 Privilege against self-incrimination
- Land registration rules
- 126 Miscellaneous and general powers
- 127 Exercise of powers
- Supplementary
- 128 Rules, regulations and orders
- 129 Crown application
- 130 Application to internal waters
- 131 “Proprietor in possession”
- 132 General interpretation
- Final provisions
- 133 Minor and consequential amendments
- 134 Transition
- 135 Repeals
- 136 Short title, commencement and extent
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Unregistered interests which override first registration
- Leasehold estates in land
- Relevant social housing tenancies
- Interests of persons in actual occupation
- Easements and profits a prendre
- Customary and public rights
- Local land charges
- Mines and minerals
- Miscellaneous
- SCHEDULE 2 Registrable dispositions: registration requirements
- Part 1 Registered estates
- Introductory
- Transfer
- Lease of estate in land
- Lease of franchise or manor
- Creation of independently registrable legal interest
- Creation of other legal interest
- Creation of legal charge
- Part 2 Registered charges
- Introductory
- Transfer
- Creation of sub-charge
- SCHEDULE 3 Unregistered interests which override registered dispositions
- Leasehold estates in land
- Relevant social housing tenancies
- Interests of persons in actual occupation
- Easements and profits a prendre
- Customary and public rights
- Local land charges
- Mines and minerals
- Miscellaneous
- SCHEDULE 4 Alteration of the register
- Introductory
- Alteration pursuant to a court order
- Alteration otherwise than pursuant to a court order
- Rectification and derivative interests
- Costs in non-rectification cases
- SCHEDULE 4A Overseas entities
- Meaning of “qualifying estate”
- Registration
- Restrictions on disposal
- Registrable dispositions by overseas entity entitled to be registered (but not registered)
- Consent to registration of dispositions that cannot otherwise be registered
- Making dispositions that cannot be registered
- Interpretation etc.
- SCHEDULE 5 Land registry network
- Access to network
- Terms of access
- Termination of access
- Appeals
- Network transaction rules
- Overriding nature of network access obligations
- Do-it-yourself conveyancing
- Presumption of authority
- Management of network transactions
- Supplementary
- SCHEDULE 6 Registration of adverse possessor
- Right to apply for registration
- Notification of application
- Treatment of application
- Right to make further application for registration
- Restriction on applications
- Effect of registration
- Apportionment and discharge of charges
- Meaning of “adverse possession”
- Trusts
- Crown foreshore
- Rentcharges
- Procedure
- Extension of time limits because of mediation in certain cross-border disputes
- SCHEDULE 7 The land registry
- Holding of office by Chief Land Registrar
- Remuneration etc. of Chief Land Registrar
- Staff
- Indemnity for members
- Seal
- Documentary evidence
- Parliamentary disqualification
- SCHEDULE 8 Indemnities
- Entitlement
- Mines and minerals
- Costs
- Claimant’s fraud or lack of care
- Valuation of estates etc.
- Determination of indemnity by court
- Time limits
- Interest
- Recovery of indemnity by registrar
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 9 The adjudicator
- Holding of office
- Remuneration
- Staff
- Conduct of business
- Finances
- Application of Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992
- Parliamentary disqualification
- SCHEDULE 10 Miscellaneous and general powers
- Part 1 Miscellaneous
- Dealings with estates subject to compulsory first registration
- Regulation of title matters between sellers and buyers
- Implied covenants
- Land certificates
- Part 2 General
- Notice
- Applications
- Statutory statements
- Residual power
- SCHEDULE 11 Minor and consequential amendments
- Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18)
- Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)
- Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23)
- Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 (c. 43)
- Law of Property (Joint Tenants) Act 1964 (c. 63)
- Gas Act 1965 (c. 36)
- Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)
- Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88)
- Law of Property Act 1969 (c. 59)
- Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61)
- Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)
- Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)
- Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76)
- Rent Act 1977 (c. 42)
- Charging Orders Act 1979 (c. 53)
- Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)
- Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (c. 51)
- Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)
- Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31)
- Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 (c. 46)
- Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)
- Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)
- Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)
- Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
- Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (c. 23)
- Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)
- Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)
- Charities Act 1993 (c. 10)
- Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28)
- Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 (c. 36)
- Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c. 37)
- Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (c. 30)
- Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27)
- Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)
- Education Act 1996 (c. 56)
- School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)
- Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)
- Finance Act 2000 (c. 17)
- International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17)
- SCHEDULE 12 Transition
- Existing entries in the register
- Existing cautions against first registration
- Pending applications
- Former overriding interests
- Cautions against first registration
- Applications under section 34 or 43 by cautioners
- Adverse possession
- Indemnities
- Implied indemnity covenants on transfers of pre-1996 leases
- SCHEDULE 13 Repeals
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