The Land Registration Fee Order 2021

PART 1

General

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Land Registration Fee Order 2021 and shall come into force on 31st January 2022.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Land Registration Act 2002,

“CLRA” means the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002(1),

“charge” includes a sub-charge,

“common parts” has the same meaning as in section 25 of the CLRA,

“a commonhold” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the CLRA,

“commonhold association” has the same meaning as in section 34 of the CLRA,

“commonhold community statement” has the same meaning as in section 31 of the CLRA,

“commonhold land” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the CLRA,

“commonhold unit” has the same meaning as in section 11 of the CLRA,

“developer” has the same meaning as in section 58 of the CLRA,

“electronic means” means electronically in accordance with a notice given under Schedule 2 to the rules,

“large scale application” has the same meaning as in article 6(1)(b),

“monetary consideration” means a consideration in money or money’s worth, other than a nominal consideration or a consideration consisting solely of a covenant to pay money owing under a mortgage,

“permitted means” means permitted under the rules,

“profit” means a profit a prendre in gross,

“the rules” means the Land Registration Rules 2003(2) and a rule referred to by number means the rule so numbered in the rules,

“Scale 1” means Scale 1 in Schedule 1,

“Scale 2” means Scale 2 in Schedule 2,

“scale fee” means a fee payable in accordance with a scale set out in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2,

“scale fee application” means an application which attracts a scale fee, or which would attract such a fee but for the operation of article 6,

“share”, in relation to land, means an interest in that land under a trust of land,

“surrender” includes a surrender not made by deed,

“voluntary application” means an application for first registration (other than for the registration of title to a rentcharge, a franchise, a profit or mines and minerals held apart from the surface) which is not made wholly or in part pursuant to section 4 of the Act (when title must be registered).

(3) Expressions used in this Order have, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning which they bear in the rules.

(1)

2002 c. 15.

(2)

S.I. 2003/1417; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/1766, 2005/1982, 2008/1750, 2008/1919, 2009/1996, 2011/1410, 2018/70 and 2020/425.