Section 88 – Application for registration of amendment
367.This section makes the same provision in respect of an application for registration of an amendment of a statutory pledge as section 86 of the Act makes in respect of the application for registration of the pledge itself (the only change being that the relevant document is an amendment document rather than a constitutive document). See paragraphs 362 to 364 of these Notes.
368.An amendment to a statutory pledge may only be registered under this section where it is an amendment to add property to the encumbered property, or to increase the extent of the secured obligation in a case where the extent is clear in the original entry (see also the discussion at paragraph 272 of these Notes). As set out in more detail at section 58(6) and (7), an amendment which can be (and which requires to be) registered under this section takes effect only when registered effectively.
369.Although these are the only changes which can be registered as “amendments”, a pledge may be assigned in accordance with section 57 or restricted or discharged off-register by way of a written statement under section 59 of the Act. Other events may also lead to the pledge being extinguished off-register – for example, due to the encumbered property being destroyed, due to the property being acquired unencumbered under one of the Act’s good faith acquisition rules, due to the pledge being enforced, or due to the operation of the anti-avoidance rule under section 52. The RSP may be corrected for any such change by an application for a correction, if desired (see sections 96 to 99). The Keeper also has an obligation to correct the RSP in certain circumstances under section 100 upon becoming aware of a manifest inaccuracy in the RSP (and see section 101(1) of the Act for the meaning of “inaccuracy”).
