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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Minor and consequential amendments

Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)

2(1)The Law of Property Act 1925 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 44, after subsection (4) there is inserted—

(4A)Subsections (2) and (4) of this section do not apply to a contract to grant a term of years if the grant will be an event within section 4(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002 (events which trigger compulsory first registration of title).

(3)In that section, in subsection (5), for “the last three preceding subsections” there is substituted “subsections (2) to (4) of this section”.

(4)In that section, at the end there is inserted—

(12)Nothing in this section applies in relation to registered land or to a term of years to be derived out of registered land.

(5)In section 84(8), the words from “, but” to the end are omitted.

(6)In section 85(3), for the words from the beginning to the second “or” there is substituted “Subsection (2) does not apply to registered land, but, subject to that, this section applies whether or not the land is registered land and whether or not”.

(7)In section 86(3), for the words from the beginning to the second “or” there is substituted “Subsection (2) does not apply to registered land, but, subject to that, this section applies whether or not the land is registered land and whether or not”.

(8)In section 87, at the end there is inserted—

(4)Subsection (1) of this section shall not be taken to be affected by section 23(1)(a) of the Land Registration Act 2002 (under which owner’s powers in relation to a registered estate do not include power to mortgage by demise or sub-demise).

(9)In section 94(4), for the words from “registered” to the end there is substituted “on registered land”.

(10)In section 97, for “Land Registration Act 1925” there is substituted “Land Registration Act 2002”.

(11)In section 115(10), for the words from “charge” to the end there is substituted “registered charge (within the meaning of the Land Registration Act 2002)”.

(12)In section 125(2), for the words from “(not being” to “1925)” there is substituted “(not being registered land)”.

(13)In section 205(1)(xxii)—

(a)for “Land Registration Act 1925” there is substituted “Land Registration Act 2002;”, and

(b)the words from “, and” to the end are omitted.