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The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008

Land registration

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2016-10-18

LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

These Rules further amend the Land Registration Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1417) (the principal rules), which make detailed provision for land registration in England and Wales under powers contained in the Land Registration Act 2002 (c.9) (the Act). They amend the principal rules as set out in rule 4 and Schedules 1 to 6. In particular, they—substitute a new Schedule 1 (prescribed forms) – rule 5 contains transitional provisions as to the use of the superseded forms,make amendments to certain rules consequential upon the new Schedule 1,make provision for evidence in support of certain applications to be given in the form of a statement of truth,amend the requirements for applications and dispositions involving corporations,make other amendments as to the form and content of certain applications, and the evidence required to support them,substitute a new Schedule 4 (standard forms of restriction), and make further provision in relation to restrictions,amend provisions relating to entries in the register in certain cases,amend provisions relating to the giving of notice by the registrar in certain cases,amend the provisions for obtaining information from the registrar in certain cases,amend certain provisions relating to implied covenants,make provision for applications and register entries in respect of the right to manage conferred by Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c.15),make provision about apportionment of charges pursuant to paragraph 10 of Schedule 6 to the Act (registration of adverse possessor),make revised provision for payment of interest on indemnity paid under Schedule 8 to the Act (indemnities),make provisions under section 88 of the Act (incorporeal hereditaments) in connection with the registration of rentcharges and franchises,make provision in the event of interruption in the normal operation of the land registry,make amendments in consequence of the Companies Act 2006 (c.46), andmake amendments to clarify certain rules.

SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS TO PARTS 1 TO 10 AND 13 TO 16 OF THE PRINCIPAL RULES

New rule 91B32

After rule 91A, insert—

Where a certificate or consent under a restriction is given by a corporation91B
1
Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), where a certificate or written consent required by the terms of a restriction is given by a corporation aggregate, it must be signed on its behalf by—
a
its clerk, secretary or other permanent officer,
b
a member of its board of directors, council or other governing body,
c
its conveyancer, or
d
its duly authorised employee or agent.
2
This rule does not apply where the certificate or written consent is given in a deed executed by the company or in a document to which section 91 of the Act applies.
3
Paragraph (1) does not apply if a contrary intention appears in the restriction, except where paragraph (4) applies.
4
Where a restriction requires a certificate or consent to be signed on behalf of a corporation aggregate by its secretary (whether or not it also permits signature by its conveyancer), and the corporation has no secretary, the certificate or consent must be signed on its behalf by a person specified in paragraph (1).
5
A document signed on behalf of a corporation in accordance with this rule must state the full name of the signatory and the capacity in which the signatory signs.