Land Registration Act 1925

122 Provisions as to orders made otherwise than at the instance of a county council.

The making of an Order otherwise than at the instance of a county council shall be subject to the following provisions:—

(i) Notice of every Order proposed to be made shall, not less than six months before the Order is made and not more than eighteen months before the date on which it is to take effect, be given to the council of the county to which such Order is proposed to be applied. A draft of the proposed Order, together with the name of at least one place within or conveniently near to the county where a district registry office is proposed to be established, shall accompany the notice, and shall also be published in the Gazette:

(ii) The county council within ten days of the receipt of such notice shall furnish a copy thereof to any law society whose district will be affected by the proposed Order :

(iii) The county council and any such law society or either of them, may, within six months after receipt of notice by the county council of any proposed Order, pass a resolution that a public inquiry shall be held in the county proposed to be affected, as to the desirability of extending compulsory registration of title on sale to the county or part of the county intended to be affected:

(iv) A copy of the resolution shall be sent to the Lord Chancellor:

(v) After the receipt of a copy of the resolution the Lord Chancellor shall, after consultation with the Law Society, appoint a person, being a practising member of the legal profession to hold and conduct the inquiry and shall fix the date and place on and in which the inquiry is to be held:

(vi) The Lord Chancellor may make rules as to the conduct of such inquiries, the manner in which the expenses thereof are to be borne, and any other matters relating to the inquiries:

(vii) At any such inquiry the county council and such other persons as may be admitted by the person holding the inquiry, or may be nominated by or on behalf of any such law society as aforesaid and all other persons willing to give evidence, shall be entitled to submit reasons, whether local or general, for or against the extension of compulsory registration of title on sale to the county or part of the county intended to be affected :

(viii) The person holding the inquiry shall, after the completion thereof, forthwith report in writing to the Lord Chancellor the result, stating the facts and reasons upon which the result is arrived at, and the Lord Chancellor shall cause the report to be published in the Gazette or in such other manner as he may direct:

(ix) If, after the publication of the report, or after the period within which a resolution that an inquiry be held may be passed has expired without any such resolution being passed, the Lord Chancellor decides to proceed with the draft Order, with or without amendment, he shall cause such draft to be laid upon the table of each House of Parliament:

(x) The Order shall not be made unless both Houses by resolution approve the draft, either without modification or with modifications to which both Houses agree; but, upon such approval being given, the Order may be made in the form hi which the draft has been approved :

(xi) Not more than one such Order shall be made within the period of eleven years from the commencement of this Act:

(xii) The first Order shall not affect more than one county with any county borough surrounded by or contiguous to such county.