1988 No. 1854

LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Registration of Title (No. 2) Order 1988

Made

Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of October 1988

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 120(1) and (6) of the Land Registration Act 19251 and sections 80(2) and 90 of the London Government Act 19632, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, as follows:

1

This Order may be cited as the Registration of Title (No. 2) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st February 1989.

2

1

In addition to the areas mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule to the Registration of Title Order 19883 (being the areas in England and Wales in which registration of title to land is already compulsory on sale) registration of title shall be compulsory on sale,

a

on and after 1st February 1989 in the districts of East Lindsey and West Lindsey, and

b

on and after 1st December 1989 in the districts of Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Boston, Breckland, Broadland, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Mendip, North Kesteven, North Norfolk, Sedgemoor, South Holland, South Kesteven, South Norfolk, South Somerset and Tynedale.

2

Accordingly, on and after 1st December 1989, registration of title to land shall be compulsory on sale in the areas mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order.

3

As from 1st December 1989 the Registration of Title Order 1988 shall cease to have effect.

G.I. de DeneyClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Article 2(2)

(1)

(2)

County or Administrative area

Areas of compulsory registration

Avon

The whole county

Bedfordshire

The whole county

Berkshire

The whole county

Buckinghamshire

The whole county

Cambridgeshire

The whole county

Cheshire

The whole county

Cleveland

The whole county

Clwyd

The whole county

Cornwall

The whole county

Cumbria

The whole county

Derbyshire

The whole county

Devon

The whole county

Dorset

The districts of Bournemouth, Christchurch, East Dorset, Poole, and Weymouth and Portland

Durham

The whole county

Dyfed

The whole county

East Sussex

The whole county

Essex

The districts of Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock and Uttlesford

Gloucestershire

The whole county

Greater London

The whole administrative area

Greater Manchester

The whole county

Gwent

The whole county

Gwynedd

The whole county

Hampshire

The whole county

Hereford and Worcester

The districts of Bromsgrove, Hereford, Redditch and Worcester

Hertfordshire

The whole county

Humberside

The whole county

Isle of Wight

The whole county

Isles of Scilly

The whole administrative area

Kent

The whole county

Lancashire

The whole county

Leicestershire

The whole county

Lincolnshire

The whole county

Merseyside

The whole county

Mid Glamorgan

The whole county

Norfolk

The whole county

Northamptonshire

The whole county

Northumberland

The whole county

North Yorkshire

The whole county

Nottinghamshire

The whole county

Oxfordshire

The whole county

Powys

The whole county

Shropshire

The districts of Bridgnorth and The Wrekin

Somerset

The whole county

South Glamorgan

The whole county

South Yorkshire

The whole county

Staffordshire

The whole county

Suffolk

The districts of Ipswich and Waveney

Surrey

The whole county

Tyne and Wear

The whole county

Warwickshire

The whole county

West Glamorgan

The whole county

West Midlands

The whole county

West Sussex

The whole county

West Yorkshire

The whole county

Wiltshire

The districts of Thamesdown and West Wiltshire

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends the system of compulsory registration of title on sale of land to the districts mentioned in article 2(1)(a) with effect from 1st February 1989 and, to those mentioned in article 2(1)(b) with effect from 1st December 1989.