The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2008

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1 April 2009.

Applications to which this Order applies

2.—(1) This Order applies to any application to the registrar except an application delivered to the registrar—

(a) in accordance with a written arrangement as to delivery made between the registrar and the applicant or between the registrar and the applicant’s conveyancer, or

(b) under the provisions of any relevant notice given under Schedule 2 to the Land Registration Rules 2003(1).

(2) In this article “conveyancer” means—

(a) a solicitor,

(b) a licensed conveyancer within the meaning of section 11(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985(2),

(c) a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives,

(d) a barrister,

(e) a duly certificated notary public, or

(f) a registered European lawyer within the meaning of the European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000(3) who by virtue of regulations 6 and 12 of those Regulations is entitled to prepare for remuneration an instrument creating or transferring an interest in land in England and Wales.

Designation of the proper office

3.—(1) The proper office for the receipt of an application to which this Order applies is any office of the land registry specified in column 1 of the Schedule which is opposite an administrative area shown in column 2 of the Schedule in which the land to which that application relates is wholly or partly situated.

(2) In the Schedule, reference to an office of the land registry does not include any sub-office of that office.

Revocation

4.  The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2007(4) and the Land Registration (Proper Office) (Amendment) Order 2008(5) are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Michael Wills

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

15th December 2008