The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 2502

LAND CHARGES, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2003

Made

25th September 2003

Laid before Parliament

29th September 2003

Coming into force

3rd November 2003

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

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 3rd November 2003.

Amendment to Schedule 3 to the Local Land Charges Rules 1977

2.  For Schedule 3 to the Local Land Charges Rules 1977(2) substitute the Schedule in the Schedule to these Rules.

Revocation

3.  The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1998(3) are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

David Lammy

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 8th September 2003

We concur,

John Heppell

Joan Ryan

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 25th September 2003

Article 2

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 3 FEES

Item	Fee
	£
1.   Registration of a charge in Part 11 of the register (light obstruction notices)	67.00
2.   Filing a definitive certificate of the Lands Tribunal under rule 10(3)	2.50
3.   Filing a judgment, order or application for the variation or cancellation of any entry in Part 11 of the register (light obstruction charges)	7.00
4.   Inspection of documents filed under rule 10 in respect of each parcel of land	2.50
5.   Personal search in the whole or in part of the register in respect of one parcel of land	11.00
and in addition, in respect of each additional parcel of land, where under rule 11(3) the search extends to more than one parcel, subject to a maximum of £16.00	1.00
6.   Official search (including issue of official certificate of search) in respect of one parcel of land—
(a) in any one part of the register	2.00
(b) in the whole of the register
(i) where the requisition is made by electronic means in accordance with rule 16; and	4.00
(ii) in any other case	6.00
and in addition, in respect of each additional parcel of land, 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 £16.00	1.00
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)	1.50
8.   Office copy of any plan or other document filed pursuant to these Rules.	such fee as may be reasonable according to the time and work involved.”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules alter the fees payable in connection with the registration of local land charges fixed by the Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1998 (S.I. 1998/1190). The table below sets out the fee changes. Where a requisition for a search of the whole register is made by electronic means in accordance with rule 16 a reduced fee of £4.00 is introduced.

Item	Old Fee (£)	New Fee (£)
1.  Registration of a charge in Part 11 of the register (light obstruction notices)	60.00	67.00
2.  Filing a definitive certificate of the Lands Tribunal under rule 10(3)	2.10	2.50
3.  Filing a judgment, order or application for the variation or cancellation of any entry in Part 11 of the register (light obstruction charges)	6.30	7.00
4.  Inspection of documents filed under rule 10 in respect of each parcel of land	2.10	2.50
5.  Personal search in the whole or in part of the register in respect of one parcel of land	10.00	11.00
in respect of each additional parcel, subject to a maximum of £16.00 (previously £13.00)	1.00	1.00
6.  Official search (including issue of official certificate of search) in respect of one parcel of land—
(a) in any one part of the register	1.90	2.00
(b) in the whole of the register—
(i) where the requisition is made by electronic means in accordance with rule 16; and	—	4.00
(ii) in any other case	5.00	6.00
in respect of each additional parcel of land, subject to a maximum of £16.00 (previously £13.00)	0.80	1.00
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	1.50

The revised fees take effect from 3rd November 2003.

(1)

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

(2)

S.I. 1977/985; Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1998/1190.

(3)

S.I. 1998/1190.