The Land Registration Rules 2003

Prohibition of recovery of rent after adverse possession of a rentchargeE+W

193.—(1) When—

(a)a person has been registered as proprietor of a rentcharge, or

(b)the registered title to a rentcharge has been closed, or

(c)a registered rentcharge has been cancelled, where the registered title also comprises other rentcharges,

following an application made under Schedule 6 to the Act, and, if appropriate, closure or cancellation under rule 192, no previous registered proprietor of the rentcharge may recover any rent due under the rentcharge from a person who has been in adverse possession of the rentcharge.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies whether the adverse possession arose either as a result of non-payment of the rent or by receipt of the rent from the person liable to pay it.