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1. Freehold land which has been at any time sold and conveyed to or vested in, or deemed to have been vested in, any person under the Land Purchase Acts and was, on or after the 1st January 1892, subject to an annuity or rent-charge for the repayment of an advance made under any of those Acts on account of purchase money. | An estate in any such freehold land shall not be acquired under any conveyance executed on or after the 1st January 1892 until the title thereto is registered under this Act; but, on such registration, the title shall relate back to the date of execution of that conveyance. |
2. Any freehold or leasehold estate, where the estate (not being an estate[F1 comprising incorporeal rights held in gross or rights prescribed under section 10(1)(d)] and not being a mortgage) is acquired in respect of land situate in a compulsory registration area— (a) in the case of a freehold estate, upon a conveyance on sale; or (b) in the case of a leasehold estate— (i) on the grant of such an estate, where the term granted exceeds twenty-one years; or (ii) on the assignment on sale of such an estate, where the residue of the term granted exceeds, at the date of assignment, twenty-one years. | Subject to Part II, the conveyance on sale of the freehold estate or the grant or assignment on sale of the leasehold estate shall become void on the expiration of three months from the date of execution thereof unless, within that period, application is made, in such manner as may be prescribed, for registration in the[F1 title register] of the person entitled to be registered as owner by virtue of the conveyance, grant or assignment, or of his successor in title. |
3. Without prejudice to entry 2, land (other than a mortgage[F1 or land comprising incorporeal rights held in gross or rights prescribed under section 10(1)(d)]) which is compulsorily acquired by a Government department or by a public or local body after the commencement of this Act and the ownership of which is registrable in[F1 the title register]. | Notwithstanding anything contained in any other statutory provision, an estate in the land shall not be acquired by any person deriving title under the Government department or public or local body until the title to the[F1 land] is registered under this Act. |
4. A lease referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of entry 6 in Part I of Schedule 6, where such lease is made after the commencement of this Act and after the first registration of the land out of which the lease is granted. | Subject to Part II, the lease shall, so far as it affects any registered land, become void on the expiration of[F1 six] months from the date thereof unless, within that period, application is made, in such manner as may be prescribed, for— (a) entry as a Schedule 6 burden on the appropriate register of the lease; and (b) registration in the[F1 title register] of the person entitled to be registered as owner by virtue of the lease, or of his successor in title. |
5. A perpetual rent-charge or a fee farm rent issuing immediately out of land and created by a grant made after the commencement of this Act and after the first registration of that land. | Subject to Part II, the grant shall, so far as it affects any registered land, become void on the expiration of[F1 six] months from the date of such grant unless, within that period, application is made, in such manner as may be prescribed, for— (a) entry as a Schedule 6 burden on the[F1 title register] of the rent-charge or rent; and (b) registration in the[F1 title register] of the persons entitled to be registered as owners of the land and of the rent-charge or rent by virtue of the grant, or of their respective successors in title. |
6. A fishing or sporting right created by express grant or reservation after the commencement of this Act and after the first registration of the land out of which the right is granted or reserved, where the right is held in gross and is of freehold tenure, or of leasehold tenure when the term granted exceeds twenty-one years. | Subject to Part II, the grant or reservation creating the fishing or sporting right shall, so far as it affects any registered land, become void on the expiration of[F1 six] months from the date of such grant or reservation unless, within that period, application is made, in such manner as may be prescribed, for— (a) entry as a Schedule 6 burden on the[F1 title register], in such manner as may be prescribed, of the right; and (b) registration in the[F1 title register] of the person entitled to be registered as owner by virtue of the grant or reservation, or of his successor in title. |
7. Any estate in land required by any other statutory provision to be registered in the Land Registry. | As is provided by that statutory provision. |
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