The Land Registration Fee Order 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order replaces the Land Registration Fee Order 2012. It makes changes to land registration fees.

The main changes made by the Order are:

(1) There is a fifty per cent reduction in the fee for the following applications if delivered by electronic means —

(a) registration of a transfer of the whole of a registered title (articles 3(5) and 4(3)),

(b) registration of a charge of the whole of a registered title (article 5(8)),

(c) registration of a transfer of charge (article 5(8)),

(d) applications where no other fee is prescribed (article 12),

(e) fixed fee applications listed in paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (12) and (14) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 and paragraph (2) of part 4 of Schedule 3.

(2) There are the following changes to the Scale 1 fee bands (Schedule 1) —

(a) the lowest band is now £0 to £80,000, with a fee of £40,

(b) the fee for the band £80,001 to £100,000 has decreased from £120 to £80.

(3) Paragraph (1) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 includes reference to applications to register an alteration of priority of registered charges.

(4) The fee for an application to cancel a notice in the register in respect of an unregistered lease which has determined is now a fixed fee (paragraph (7) of Part 1 of Schedule 3) rather than a fee assessed under Scale 1.

(5) The fees for inspection and requests for official copies of documents referred to in the register or kept by the registrar in relation to an application have changed. The fee is per document and is £3 if made by electronic means and £7 if made by any other permitted means (paragraphs (1)(c), (2)(c) and (5) of Part 2 of Schedule 3).

(6) The fees for applications for a copy of an historical edition of an individual register or a copy of an historical edition of a registered title have been reduced (paragraph (6) of Part 2 of Schedule 3).

(7) The provisions in the Land Registration Fee Order 2012 relating to credit accounts have not been carried forward as the credit account facility is no longer available.

(8) The fee exemption in the Land Registration Fee Order 2012 for an application to lodge a caution against first registration, or to make a register entry, where the application relates to rights in respect of the repair of a church chancel and is lodged on or before 12 October 2013 has not been carried forward, as the exemption no longer applies.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Personal Assistant to the Head of Corporate Legal Services, Land Registry Head Office, Trafalgar House, 1 Bedford Park, Croydon CR0 2AQ and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.