The Land Registration Fees Order 1996

PART I General

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration Fees Order 1994(1), may be cited as the Land Registration Fees Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires:

“account holder” means a person or firm holding a credit account;

“the Act” means the Land Registration Act 1925;

“charge” includes a sub-charge;

“credit account”means an account authorised by the Registrar under article 18(2);

“Index Map section” has the same meaning as in the Land Registration (Open Register) Rules 1991(2);

“licensed conveyancer” has the same meaning as in section 11(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985(3) and includes a recognised body within the meaning of section 32(2) of that Act;

“monetary consideration” means a consideration in money or money’s worth (other than a nominal consideration or a consideration consisting solely of a covenant to pay money owing under a mortgage);

“the principal rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925(4);

“scale fee” means a fee payable in accordance with a scale set out in Schedule 1 or 2;

“scale fee application” means an application which attracts a scale fee, or which would attract such a fee but for the operation of article 6;

“Schedule” means a Schedule to this Order;

“share in registered land” means a share in the proceeds of sale of registered land held on trust for sale.

(1)

S.I. 1994/1974.

(2)

S.I. 1992/122, relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1993/3275.

(3)

1985 c. 61.

(4)

S.R. & O. 1925/1093 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.