6Duty to apply for registration of title
(1)If the requirement of registration applies, the responsible estate owner, or his successor in title, must, before the end of the period for registration, apply to the registrar to be registered as the proprietor of the registrable estate.
(2)If the requirement of registration applies because of section 4(1)(g)—
(a)the registrable estate is the estate charged by the mortgage, and
(b)the responsible estate owner is the owner of that estate.
(3)If the requirement of registration applies otherwise than because of section 4(1)(g)—
(a)the registrable estate is the estate which is transferred or granted, and
(b)the responsible estate owner is the transferee or grantee of that estate.
(4)The period for registration is 2 months beginning with the date on which the relevant event occurs, or such longer period as the registrar may provide under subsection (5).
(5)If on the application of any interested person the registrar is satisfied that there is good reason for doing so, he may by order provide that the period for registration ends on such later date as he may specify in the order.
(6)Rules may make provision enabling the mortgagee under any mortgage falling within section 4(1)(g) to require the estate charged by the mortgage to be registered whether or not the mortgagor consents.