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:

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.
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
1925 c. 21.
S.I.
1998/2974
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