Law of Property Act 1922

Estate of transferee of freeholds with absolute title.

8 (1) In section thirty (relating to transfers, for value) the words "or lease" are hereby inserted after the words " A transfer " : the word " the" is substituted for the word " an " occurring before the words " estate in fee simple " and after the words " in fee simple " shall be inserted the words " or the term of years absolute expressed to be created, " and after the words " land transferred " shall be inserted the words " or dealt with, " and the words " with all rights, privileges, and appurtenances belonging and appurtenant thereto " shall, subject to any entry to the contrary in the register, be deemed to include the appropriate rights and interests which would, under section six of the Conveyancing Act, 1881, have been transferred if the land had not been registered.

(2) At the end of section thirty the following words are hereby added:— " And the transfer or lease shall operate in like manner as if the registered transferor or lessor were " (subject as aforesaid) entitled to the registered land in fee " simple in possession for his own benefit." ,

(3) The amendment (relating to mines and minerals) of section thirty contained in the First Schedule to the Act of 1897 is hereby repealed.

(4) In sections thirty-one, thirty-two, and thirty-three, the words " or lease " in each of those sections are hereby inserted after the words " A transfer. "

(5) Rules may be made under section one hundred and eleven (as amended) adapting the provisions of sections thirty to thirty-three inclusive to dispositions (other than transfers and leases) authorised to be effected by the registered proprietor of the land.