Statutory Instruments
Land Registration, England And Wales
Made
22nd January 2018
Laid before Parliament
23rd January 2018
Coming into operation
6th April 2018
The Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(a) and (b), 16(2), 18(4), 25, 27(6), 36(3), 43(2)(d), 45(2), 48(2)(b), 60(3), 66(2), 67(3), 69(2), 70, 73(4), 75(2), 76(2), 91(2) and (3)(d), 100(3), 126, 127(1) and 128(1), (2) and (4)(a)(1) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 4, paragraph 5 of Schedule 5, paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 6, and paragraphs 5, 6(a), (b), (c) and (d) and 8 of Schedule 10 to, the Land Registration Act 2002(2), and now vested in him(3).
In accordance with section 127(4) of the Land Registration Act 2002, he has received the advice and assistance of the Rule Committee appointed under that section.
See section 132(1) for the definition of land registration rules.
By article 3(1) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Her Majesty’s Land Registry, the Meteorological Office and Ordnance Survey) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2436) the functions of the Lord Chancellor under the Land Registration Act 2002 (with three exclusions) were transferred to the Secretary of State. None of the exclusions are relevant.
Section 127 was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), section 15(1) and Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraphs 301 and 302, and by the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7), section 36 and 57(5)(e).