Land Registration Act 2002

Part 1Preliminary

1Register of title

2Scope of title registration

Part 2First registration of title

Chapter 1First registration

Voluntary registration

3When title may be registered

Compulsory registration

4When title must be registered

5Power to extend section 4

6Duty to apply for registration of title

7Effect of non-compliance with section 6

8Liability for making good void transfers etc

Classes of title

9Titles to freehold estates

10Titles to leasehold estates

Effect of first registration

11Freehold estates

12Leasehold estates

Dependent estates

13Appurtenant rights and charges

14Rules about first registration

Chapter 2Cautions against first registration

15Right to lodge

19Cautions register

20Alteration of register by court

21Alteration of register by registrar

22Supplementary

Part 3Dispositions of registered land

Powers of disposition

23Owner’s powers

24Right to exercise owner’s powers

25Mode of exercise

26Protection of disponees

Registrable dispositions

27Dispositions required to be registered

Effect of dispositions on priority

29Effect of registered dispositions: estates

30Effect of registered dispositions: charges

31Inland Revenue charges

Part 4Notices and restrictions

32Nature and effect

33Excluded interests

34Entry on application

35Unilateral notices

36Cancellation of unilateral notices

37Unregistered interests

38Registrable dispositions

39Supplementary

42Power of registrar to enter

44Obligatory restrictions

45Notifiable applications

46Power of court to order entry

Relative priority

48Registered charges

49Tacking and further advances

50Overriding statutory charges: duty of notification

Powers as chargee

51Effect of completion by registration

52Protection of disponees

53Powers as sub-chargee

Realisation of security

54Proceeds of sale: chargee’s duty

55Local land charges

56Receipt in case of joint proprietors

57Entry of right of consolidation

Part 6Registration: general

Registration as proprietor

58Conclusiveness

59Dependent estates

61Accretion and diluvion

Quality of title

62Power to upgrade title

63Effect of upgrading title

64Use of register to record defects in title

Alteration of register

65Alteration of register

Information etc.

66Inspection of the registers etc

67Official copies of the registers etc

69Historical information

70Official searches

71Duty to disclose unregistered interests

72Priority protection

74Effective date of registration

Proceedings before the registrar

75Production of documents

77Duty to act reasonably

78Notice of trust not to affect registrar

Part 7Special cases

79Voluntary registration of demesne land

80Compulsory registration of grants out of demesne land

81Demesne land: cautions against first registration

83Crown and Duchy land: representation

84Disapplication of requirements relating to Duchy land

85Bona vacantia

Pending actions etc.

87Pending land actions, writs, orders and deeds of arrangement

88Incorporeal hereditaments

90PPP leases relating to transport in London

Part 8Electronic conveyancing

91Electronic dispositions: formalities

92Land registry network

93Power to require simultaneous registration

94Electronic settlement

95Supplementary

Part 9Adverse possession

96Disapplication of periods of limitation

97Registration of adverse possessor

Part 10Land registry

99The land registry

100Conduct of business

101Annual report

Fees and indemnities

104General information about land

105Consultancy and advisory services

106Incidental powers: companies

Part 11Adjudication

107The adjudicator

108Jurisdiction

110Functions in relation to disputes

112Enforcement of orders etc

114Supplementary

Part 12Miscellaneous and general

115Rights of pre-emption

116Proprietary estoppel and mere equities

117Reduction in unregistered interests with automatic protection

118Power to reduce qualifying term

119Power to deregister manors

120Conclusiveness of filed copies etc

121Forwarding of applications to registrar of companies

122Repeal of Land Registry Act 1862

123Suppression of information

124Improper alteration of the registers

125Privilege against self-incrimination

Land registration rules

126Miscellaneous and general powers

127Exercise of powers

128Rules, regulations and orders

129Crown application

130Application to internal waters

131“Proprietor in possession”

132General interpretation

Final provisions

133Minor and consequential amendments

136Short title, commencement and extent

SCHEDULE 1Unregistered interests which override first registration

1Leasehold estates in land

2Interests of persons in actual occupation

3Easements and profits a prendre

4Customary and public rights

5A public right.

6Local land charges

7Mines and minerals

8In the case of land to which title was registered...

9In the case of land to which title was registered...

10Miscellaneous

11A manorial right.

12A right to rent which was reserved to the Crown...

13A non-statutory right in respect of an embankment or sea...

14A right to payment in lieu of tithe.

SCHEDULE 2Registrable dispositions: registration requirements

Part 1Registered estates

3Lease of estate in land

4Lease of franchise or manor

5(1) This paragraph applies to a disposition consisting of the...

6Creation of independently registrable legal interest

7Creation of other legal interest

8Creation of legal charge

Part 2Registered charges

11Creation of sub-charge

SCHEDULE 3Unregistered interests which override registered dispositions

1Leasehold estates in land

2Interests of persons in actual occupation

3Easements and profits a prendre

4Customary and public rights

5A public right.

6Local land charges

7Mines and minerals

8In the case of land to which title was registered...

9In the case of land to which title was registered...

10Miscellaneous

11A manorial right.

12A right to rent which was reserved to the Crown...

13A non-statutory right in respect of an embankment or sea...

14A right to payment in lieu of tithe.

SCHEDULE 4Alteration of the register

2Alteration pursuant to a court order

3(1) This paragraph applies to the power under paragraph 2,...

4Rules may— (a) make provision about the circumstances in which...

5Alteration otherwise than pursuant to a court order

6(1) This paragraph applies to the power under paragraph 5,...

7Rules may— (a) make provision about the circumstances in which...

8Rectification and derivative interests

9Costs in non-rectification cases

SCHEDULE 5Land registry network

1Access to network

2Terms of access

3Termination of access

5Network transaction rules

6Overriding nature of network access obligations

7Do-it-yourself conveyancing

8Presumption of authority

9Management of network transactions

10Supplementary

11(1) Power to make rules under paragraph 1, 2 or...

12In this Schedule— “land registry network” means a network provided...

SCHEDULE 6Registration of adverse possessor

1Right to apply for registration

2Notification of application

3Treatment of application

4If an application under paragraph 1 is not required to...

5(1) If an application under paragraph 1 is required to...

6Right to make further application for registration

7If a person makes an application under paragraph 6, he...

8Restriction on applications

9Effect of registration

10Apportionment and discharge of charges

11Meaning of “adverse possession”

13Crown foreshore

SCHEDULE 7The land registry

1Holding of office by Chief Land Registrar

2Remuneration etc. of Chief Land Registrar

4Indemnity for members

6Documentary evidence

7Parliamentary disqualification

SCHEDULE 8Indemnities

2Mines and minerals

4(1) If no indemnity is payable to a claimant under...

5Claimant’s fraud or lack of care

6Valuation of estates etc.

7Determination of indemnity by court

10Recovery of indemnity by registrar

11Interpretation

SCHEDULE 9The adjudicator

1Holding of office

4Conduct of business

5The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision about the...

7The Lord Chancellor may require the registrar to make payments...

8Application of Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992

9Parliamentary disqualification

SCHEDULE 10Miscellaneous and general powers

Part 1Miscellaneous

1Dealings with estates subject to compulsory first registration

2Regulation of title matters between sellers and buyers

3Implied covenants

4Land certificates

7Statutory statements

8Residual power

SCHEDULE 11Minor and consequential amendments

1Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18)

2Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)

3Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23)

4Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 (c. 43)

5Law of Property (Joint Tenants) Act 1964 (c. 63)

6Gas Act 1965 (c. 36)

7Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)

8Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88)

9Law of Property Act 1969 (c. 59)

10Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61)

11Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)

12Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)

13Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76)

14Rent Act 1977 (c. 42)

15Charging Orders Act 1979 (c. 53)

16Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)

17Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (c. 51)

18Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

19Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)

20Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31)

21Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 (c. 46)

22Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

23Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)

24Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)

25Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)

26Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (c. 23)

27Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)

28Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)

29Charities Act 1993 (c. 10)

30Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28)

31Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 (c. 36)

32Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c. 37)

33Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (c. 30)

34Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27)

35Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

36Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

37School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)

38Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)

39Finance Act 2000 (c. 17)

40International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17)

SCHEDULE 12Transition

1Existing entries in the register

2(1) This Act applies to notices entered under the Land...

3An entry in the register which, immediately before the repeal...

4Existing cautions against first registration

5Pending applications

6Notwithstanding the repeal of section 53 of the Land Registration...

7Former overriding interests

8Schedule 3 has effect with the insertion after paragraph 2...

9(1) This paragraph applies to an easement or profit a...

10For the period of three years beginning with the day...

11For the period of three years beginning with the day...

12Paragraph 1 of each of Schedules 1 and 3 shall...

13Paragraph 6 of each of Schedules 1 and 3 shall...

14Cautions against first registration

15(1) As applied by section 81, section 15 has effect...

16This Act shall apply as if the definition of “caution...

17Applications under section 34 or 43 by cautioners

18Adverse possession

20Implied indemnity covenants on transfers of pre-1996 leases

SCHEDULE 13Repeals

Land Registration Act 2002

2002 Chapter 9

An Act to make provision about land registration; and for connected purposes.

[26th February 2002]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—