The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 1190

LAND CHARGES

The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1998

Made

7th May 1998

Laid before Parliament

8th May 1998

Coming into force

1st June 1998

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 14 of the Local Land Charges Act 1975(1), and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Rules:

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 1st June 1998.

2.  In Schedule 3 to the Local Land Charges Rules 1977(2), the fees shown in the first column of the Schedule to these Rules shall be substituted for the fees shown in the second column.

3.  The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1992(3) are revoked.

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 1st May 1998

We concur

Bob Ainsworth

John McFall

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 7th May 1998

Rule 2

SCHEDULE FEES

Item	New Fee (£)	Old Fee (£)
1.  Registration of a charge in Part II of the register	60.00	54.00
2.  Filing a definitive certificate of the Lands Tribunal under rule 10(3)	2.10	1.90
3.  Filing a judgment, order or application for the variation or cancellation of an entry in Part II of the register	6.30	5.70
4.  Inspection of documents filed under rule 10 in respect of each parcel of land	2.10	1.90
5.  Personal search (a) in the whole or in part of the register, and	10.00	6.00
(b) in addition, in respect of each parcel of land above one, where under rule 11(3) the search extends to more than one parcel, subject to a maximum of £13.00	1.00	0.70
6.  Official search (including issue of official certificate of search)— (a) in any one part of the register	1.90	1.70
(b) in the whole of the register and	5.00	4.40
(c) in addition, in respect of each parcel of land above one, where under rule 11(3) more than one parcel is included in the same requisition (whether the requisition is for a search in the whole or any part of the register), subject to a maximum of £13.00	0.80	0.70
7.  Office copy of any entry in the register (not including a copy or extract of any plan or document filed pursuant to these Rules)	1.40	1.20
8.  Office copy of any plan or other document filed pursuant to these Rules.	Such reasonable fee as may be fixed by the registering authority according to the time and work involved.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules increase the fees payable in connection with the registration of local land charges.

(1)

1975 c. 76, as extended by s.158(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).

(2)

S.I. 1977/985; Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1992/194.

(3)

S.I. 1992/194.