Statutory Instruments
LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
22nd February 2000
Coming into force
3 April 2000
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 132(1) of the Land Registration Act 1925(1), and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) (No. 2) Order 1998(2), may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:
“district land registry” means a district registry of the Land Registry within the meaning of section 132 of the Land Registration Act 1925;
“the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.
2.—(1) The district of each district land registry shall comprise from 3rd April 2000 until 2nd July 2000 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 2 of the Schedule.
(2) The district of each district land registry shall comprise on and after 3rd July 2000 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 3 in the Schedule.
Signed by Authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
17th February 2000
We concur,
Clive Betts
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
22nd February 2000
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| District Land Registry | Administrative Areas | Administrative Areas |
| Birkenhead (Old Market) | Merseyside Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent | Merseyside Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent |
| Birkenhead (Rosebrae) | Cheshire Halton Hammersmith and Fulham Kensington and Chelsea Warrington | Cheshire Halton Hammersmith and Fulham Kensington and Chelsea Warrington |
| Coventry | West Midlands Worcestershire:
| West Midlands Worcestershire |
| Croydon | Bexley Bromley Croydon Kingston upon Thames Merton Sutton | Bexley Bromley Croydon Kingston upon Thames Merton Sutton |
| Durham (Boldon House) | Cumbria Surrey | Cumbria Surrey |
| Durham (Southfield House) | Darlington Durham Hartlepool Middlesbrough Northumberland Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees Tyne and Wear | Darlington Durham Hartlepool Middlesbrough Northumberland Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees Tyne and Wear |
| Gloucester | Bracknell Forest Bristol Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Reading Slough South Gloucestershire Warwickshire West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham | Bracknell Forest Bristol Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Reading Slough South Gloucestershire Warwickshire West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham |
| Harrow | Brent Camden City of Westminster The City of London Harrow Islington The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple | Brent Camden City of Westminster The City of London Harrow Islington The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple |
| Kingston upon Hull | Kingston upon Hull Lincolnshire Norfolk North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire Suffolk | Kingston upon Hull Lincolnshire Norfolk North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire Suffolk |
| District Land Registry for Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire |
| Leicester | Buckinghamshire Leicester Leicestershire Milton Keynes Northamptonshire:
Rutland | Buckinghamshire Leicester Leicestershire Milton Keynes Northamptonshire:
Rutland |
| Lytham | Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester |
| Nottingham (East) | Nottingham Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire | Nottingham Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire |
| Nottingham (West) | Derby Derbyshire West Yorkshire | Derby Derbyshire West Yorkshire |
| Peterborough | Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Luton Northamptonshire:
Peterborough Southend-on-Sea Thurrock | Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Luton Northamptonshire:
Peterborough Southend-on-Sea Thurrock |
| Plymouth | Bath and North East Somerset Cornwall Devon Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset:
Torbay | Bath and North East Somerset Cornwall Devon Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset:
Torbay |
| Portsmouth | Brighton and Hove East Sussex Hampshire:
Isle of Wight Portsmouth West Sussex | Brighton and Hove East Sussex Hampshire:
Isle of Wight Portsmouth West Sussex |
| Stevenage | Barking and Dagenham Enfield Hackney Havering Hertfordshire Newham Redbridge Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest | Barking and Dagenham Hackney Havering Hertfordshire Newham Redbridge Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest |
Swansea Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Abertawe | Barnet Ealing Haringey Hillingdon Hounslow Worcestershire:
| Barnet Ealing Enfield Haringey Hillingdon Hounslow |
| Telford | Greenwich Herefordshire Lambeth Lewisham Richmond upon Thames Shropshire Southwark The Wrekin Wandsworth | Greenwich Herefordshire Lambeth Lewisham Richmond upon Thames Shropshire Southwark The Wrekin Wandsworth |
| Tunbridge Wells | Kent Medway | Kent Medway |
District Land Registry for Wales Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Cymru | All counties and county boroughs in Wales | All counties and county boroughs in Wales |
| Weymouth | Bournemouth Dorset Hampshire:
Poole Somerset:
Southampton Swindon Wiltshire | Bournemouth Dorset Hampshire:
Poole Somerset:
Southampton Swindon Wiltshire |
| York | East Riding of Yorkshire North Yorkshire York | East Riding of Yorkshire North Yorkshire York |
(This note is not part of the Order)
A. This Order, on 3rd April 2000, supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) (No. 2) Order 1998 and transfers responsibility for the registration of titles:
(1) in the Worcestershire district of Wychavon, Bromsgrove and Redditch from the Swansea District Land Registry to the Coventry District Land Registry;
(2) in the London Borough of Haringey from the Stevenage District Land Registry to the Swansea District Land Registry;
(3) in South Somerset and Mendip from the Plymouth District Land Registry to the Weymouth District Land Registry;
(4) in Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire from the Peterborough District Land Registry to the Leicester District Land Registry; and
(5) in Havant and East Hampshire from the Weymouth District Land Registry to the Portsmouth District Land Registry.
B. This Order, on 3rd July 2000, reallocates responsibility for the registration of titles:
(1) in the London Borough of Enfield from the Stevenage District Land Registry to the Swansea District Land Registry; and
(2) in the remaining administrative areas of Worcestershire namely Worcester, Malvern Hills and Wyre Forest from the Swansea District Land Registry to the Coventry District Land Registry.
C. This Order otherwise leaves unaltered the districts of the following District Land Registries:
| Birkenhead (Old Market) | Lancashire |
| Birkenhead (Rosebrae) | Lytham |
| Croydon | Nottingham (East) |
| Durham (Boldon House) | Nottingham (West) |
| Durham (Southfield House) | Telford |
| Gloucester | Tunbridge Wells |
| Harrow | Wales (Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Cymru) |
| Kingston upon Hull | York |
S.I. 1998/2974.