Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 E+W Provisions supplementary to sections 30 and 31

Restriction on registration where spouse entitled to more than one charge E+W

2 E+W Where one spouse [F1 or civil partner] is entitled by virtue of section 31 to a registrable charge in respect of each of two or more dwelling-houses, only one of the charges to which that spouse [F1 or civil partner] is so entitled shall be registered under section 31(10) or under section 2 of the M1 Land Charges Act 1972 at any one time, and if any of those charges is registered under either of those provisions the Chief Land Registrar, on being satisfied that any other of them is so registered, shall cancel the registration of the charge first registered.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 4 para. 2 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(2); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1972 c. 61.