Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 430
LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 2000
Made 22nd February 2000
Coming into force 3 April 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 132(1) of the Land Registration Act 1925, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:
1925 c. 21.

Title, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) (No. 2) Order 1998, may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000.
S.I. 1998/2974.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:
“district land registry” means a district registry of the Land Registry within the meaning of section 132 of the Land Registration Act 1925;
“the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.

District Land Registries
2. (1) The district of each district land registry shall comprise from 3rd April 2000 until 2nd July 2000 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 2 of the Schedule.
(2) The district of each district land registry shall comprise on and after 3rd July 2000 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 3 in the Schedule.
Signed by Authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
17th February 2000
We concur,
Clive Betts
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
22nd February 2000
SCHEDULE
(1)	(2)	(3)
District Land Registry	Administrative Areas	Administrative Areas
Birkenhead (Old Market)	Merseyside Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent	Merseyside Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent
Birkenhead (Rosebrae)	Cheshire Halton Hammersmith and Fulham Kensington and Chelsea Warrington	Cheshire Halton Hammersmith and Fulham Kensington and Chelsea Warrington
Coventry	West Midlands Worcestershire: Wychavon Bromsgrove Redditch	West Midlands Worcestershire
Croydon	Bexley Bromley Croydon Kingston upon Thames Merton Sutton	Bexley Bromley Croydon Kingston upon Thames Merton Sutton
Durham (Boldon House)	Cumbria Surrey	Cumbria Surrey
Durham (Southfield House)	Darlington Durham Hartlepool Middlesbrough Northumberland Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees Tyne and Wear	Darlington Durham Hartlepool Middlesbrough Northumberland Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees Tyne and Wear
Gloucester	Bracknell Forest Bristol Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Reading Slough South Gloucestershire Warwickshire West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham	Bracknell Forest Bristol Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Reading Slough South Gloucestershire Warwickshire West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham
Harrow	Brent Camden City of Westminster The City of London Harrow Islington The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple	Brent Camden City of Westminster The City of London Harrow Islington The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple
Kingston upon Hull	Kingston upon Hull Lincolnshire Norfolk North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire Suffolk	Kingston upon Hull Lincolnshire Norfolk North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire Suffolk
District Land Registry for Lancashire	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire
Leicester	Buckinghamshire Leicester Leicestershire Milton Keynes Northamptonshire: Daventry Northampton South Northamptonshire Rutland	Buckinghamshire Leicester Leicestershire Milton Keynes Northamptonshire: Daventry Northampton South Northamptonshire Rutland
Lytham	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester
Nottingham (East)	Nottingham Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire	Nottingham Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire
Nottingham (West)	Derby Derbyshire West Yorkshire	Derby Derbyshire West Yorkshire
Peterborough	Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Luton Northamptonshire: Corby East Northamptonshire Kettering Wellingborough Peterborough Southend-on-Sea Thurrock	Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Luton Northamptonshire: Corby East Northamptonshire Kettering Wellingborough Peterborough Southend-on-Sea Thurrock
Plymouth	Bath and North East Somerset Cornwall Devon Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset: Sedgemoor Taunton Deane West Somerset Torbay	Bath and North East Somerset Cornwall Devon Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset: Sedgemoor Taunton Deane West Somerset Torbay
Portsmouth	Brighton and Hove East Sussex Hampshire: East Hampshire Havant Isle of Wight Portsmouth West Sussex	Brighton and Hove East Sussex Hampshire: East Hampshire Havant Isle of Wight Portsmouth West Sussex
Stevenage	Barking and Dagenham Enfield Hackney Havering Hertfordshire Newham Redbridge Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest	Barking and Dagenham Hackney Havering Hertfordshire Newham Redbridge Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest
Swansea Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Abertawe	Barnet Ealing Haringey Hillingdon Hounslow Worcestershire: Worcester Malvern Hills Wyre Forest	Barnet Ealing Enfield Haringey Hillingdon Hounslow
Telford	Greenwich Herefordshire Lambeth Lewisham Richmond upon Thames Shropshire Southwark The Wrekin Wandsworth	Greenwich Herefordshire Lambeth Lewisham Richmond upon Thames Shropshire Southwark The Wrekin Wandsworth
Tunbridge Wells	Kent Medway	Kent Medway
District Land Registry for Wales Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Cymru	All counties and county boroughs in Wales	All counties and county boroughs in Wales
Weymouth	Bournemouth Dorset Hampshire: Basingsoke & Deane Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart New Forest Rushmoor Test Valley Winchester Poole Somerset: Mendip South Somerset Southampton Swindon Wiltshire	Bournemouth Dorset Hampshire: Basingsoke & Deane Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart New Forest Rushmoor Test Valley Winchester Poole Somerset: Mendip South Somerset Southampton Swindon Wiltshire
York	East Riding of Yorkshire North Yorkshire York	East Riding of Yorkshire North Yorkshire York

(This note is not part of the Order)
A. This Order, on 3rd April 2000, supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) (No. 2) Order 1998 and transfers responsibility for the registration of titles:
(1) in the Worcestershire district of Wychavon, Bromsgrove and Redditch from the Swansea District Land Registry to the Coventry District Land Registry;
(2) in the London Borough of Haringey from the Stevenage District Land Registry to the Swansea District Land Registry;
(3) in South Somerset and Mendip from the Plymouth District Land Registry to the Weymouth District Land Registry;
(4) in Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire from the Peterborough District Land Registry to the Leicester District Land Registry; and
(5) in Havant and East Hampshire from the Weymouth District Land Registry to the Portsmouth District Land Registry.
B. This Order, on 3rd July 2000, reallocates responsibility for the registration of titles:
(1) in the London Borough of Enfield from the Stevenage District Land Registry to the Swansea District Land Registry; and
(2) in the remaining administrative areas of Worcestershire namely Worcester, Malvern Hills and Wyre Forest from the Swansea District Land Registry to the Coventry District Land Registry.
C. This Order otherwise leaves unaltered the districts of the following District Land Registries:
Birkenhead (Old Market)	Lancashire
Birkenhead (Rosebrae)	Lytham
Croydon	Nottingham (East)
Durham (Boldon House)	Nottingham (West)
Durham (Southfield House)	Telford
Gloucester	Tunbridge Wells
Harrow	Wales (Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Cymru)
Kingston upon Hull	York