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Local land charges registers, registration and related matters

3Registering authorities, local land charges registers, and indexes

(1)Each of the following local authorities—

(a)the council of any district,

(b)the council of any London borough, and

(c)the Common Council of the City of London,

shall be a registering authority for the purposes of this Act.

(2)There shall continue to be kept for the area of each registering authority—

(a)a local land charges register, and

(b)an index whereby all entries made in that register can readily be traced,

and as from the commencement of this Act the register and index kept for the area of a registering authority shall be kept by that authority.

(3)In this section " index " includes any device or combination of devices serving the purpose of an index.

(4)For the purposes of this Act the area of the Common Council of the City of London includes the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple.