The Land Charges Fees Rules 1990

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Land Charges Fees Rules 1990 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1990.

(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, —

“the Act” means the Land Charges Act 1972;

“credit account” means an account authorised by the Registrar for the purpose of providing credit facilities for the payment of fees;

“fee” means a fee specified in Schedule 1;

“Schedule” means a schedule to these Rules;

“written application”, except in Schedule 1, includes an application made by teleprinter or facsimile transmission.

2.  The fees specified in Schedule 1 shall be payable under the Act.

3.  Every fee which accompanies an application is to be paid in money in accordance with the Land Charges (Fees) Order 1990(1) and shall, except as mentioned in Rule 4 or as the Registrar may otherwise allow, be paid in cash or by means of a postal order crossed and made payable to H.M. Land Registry.

4.—(1) Any person or firm having a credit account may request the Registrar, on any application, to debit the requisite fee to that account.

(2) When a person or firm having a credit account makes a written application which is not accompanied by any fee and does not contain a request for the fee to be debited to that account, the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, nevertheless accept the application and debit the fee to that person’s or that firm’s account.

(3) If the Registrar debits a fee to a credit account, this shall be treated as due payment of that fee.

(4) Credit accounts shall be authorised and maintained in accordance with the provisions set out in Schedule 2.

5.  The Land Charges Fees Order 1985(2) so far as made under powers conferred by the Act is hereby revoked. Dated 16th February 1990

MacKay of Clashfern, C.

We concur

David Lightbown

Stephen Dorrell

Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 21st February 1990