Law of Property Act 1922

79 Powers of attorney relating to land to be filed.

(1) Where an instrument creating a power of attorney confers a power to dispose of or deal with any interest in or charge upon land, the instrument or a certified copy thereof or of such portions thereof as refer to or are necessary to the interpretation of such power shall be filed at the Central Office pursuant to section forty-eight of the Conveyancing Act, 1881, unless the instrument only relates to one transaction and is to be handed over on the completion of that transaction:

Provided that, if the instrument relates to land or a charge registered under the Land Transfer Acts, 1875 and 1897, the instrument or a certified copy thereof or of such portions thereof as aforesaid shall be filed at the Land Registry, and it shall not be necessary to file it at the Central Office unless it also relates to land or a charge not so registered, in which case the instrument or a certified copy thereof or of such portions thereof as aforesaid shall be filed at the Central Office and an office copy shall be filed at the Land Registry.

(2) Notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, a purchaser of any interest in or charge upon land (not being land or a charge registered as aforesaid) shall be entitled to have any instrument creating a power of attorney which affects his title, or an office copy thereof or of the material portions thereof delivered to him free of expense. (3.) This section only applies to instruments executed after the commencement of this Act.