Part 2

First registration of title
Chapter 1

First registration

Compulsory registration

Power to extend section 4
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1
The Lord Chancellor may by order—
a
amend section 4 so as to add to the events on the occurrence of which the requirement of registration applies such relevant event as he may specify in the order, and
b
make such consequential amendments of any provision of, or having effect under, any Act as he thinks appropriate.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a relevant event is an event relating to an unregistered legal estate which is an interest of any of the following kinds—
a
an estate in land,
b
a rentcharge,
c
a franchise, and
d
a profit a prendre in gross.
3
The power conferred by subsection (1) may not be exercised so as to require the title to an estate granted to a person as a mortgagee to be registered.
4
Before making an order under this section the Lord Chancellor must consult such persons as he considers appropriate.