Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Transfer of responsibility for local land charges to Land Registry

PART 1 U.K. Amendments to the Local Land Charges Act 1975

8 (1) Section 9 (official searches) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) omit “appropriate”, and

(b) for “registering authority” substitute “ Chief Land Registrar ”.

(3) Omit subsection (2).

(4) For subsections (3) and (3A) substitute—

“(3) The prescribed fee (if any) shall be payable in the prescribed manner in respect of any requisition made under this section.”

(5) In subsection (4)—

(a) for “a registering authority” substitute “ the Chief Land Registrar ”,

(b) omit “or (3A)”, and

(c) for “the registering authority” substitute “ the Chief Land Registrar ”.

(6) In consequence of the amendment made by sub-paragraph (5)(b), in Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 omit paragraph 84(3)(b).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 12.4.2015, see s. 57(5)(e)