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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1417/article/27</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Land Registration Rules 2003</dc:title><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-05-20</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2024-03-07</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Rules are made under the Land Registration Act 2002 (2002 c. 9) (the Act). The Act repeals the Land Registration Act 1925 (1925 c. 21). These Rules perform a similar function to the Land Registration Rules 1925 (S.R. &amp; O. 1925/1093) made under the Land Registration Act 1925.</dc:description>
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and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1417/article/27/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1417/article/27/b" id="article-27-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>where appropriate, to account for the absence of documentary evidence of title.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1417/article/27/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1417/article/27/2" id="article-27-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-849f127f955d207aa385d42d272b26ff-1606490775158" CommentaryRef="key-849f127f955d207aa385d42d272b26ff">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-849f127f955d207aa385d42d272b26ff-1606490775158" CommentaryRef="key-849f127f955d207aa385d42d272b26ff">The evidence referred to in paragraph (1) may consist of, or include, a statement of truth, which may be made in Form ST1, ST2 or ST3, as 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