Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/61
Timestamp: 2018-09-18 16:44:56
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1972 CHAPTER 61
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the registration of land charges and other instruments and matters affecting land.
C1Act amended by S.I. 1990/323, art. 2
C2Act applied by Charging Orders Act 1979 (c.53, SIF 45:1) s. 3(2)
C3Act applied (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/613, reg. 51(5).
C4Act applied by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 77(12), 79(1), 123(6), Sch. 8 para. 16
Act applied (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 23, Sch. 4 para. 8(1); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
C5Act applied (17.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/953, art. 6
Act applied (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 38, Sch. 6 para. 7(1) (with ss. 27(3), 39, 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2
C7Act extended by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), Sch. 9A para. 5(4) (as inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63, SIF 61), s. 8(2), Sch. 2)
C8Act extended by Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c.32, SIF 39:1), s. 10(2)
C9Act excluded by S.I. 1986/2092, art. 10, Sch. 2 para. 5(4)
C10Act excluded by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c.31, SIF 75:1), ss. 24(8), 28(5), 30(6)
C11Act excluded by S.I. 1988/593, art. 6(1)
C12Act extended (temp.) by Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (c.4, SIF 39:2), s. 13(8), Sch. 4 para. 6(1) with S.I. 1990/633, art. 2
C13Act extended by S.I. 1989/438, art. 45(5)
C14Act extended (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 158(4)(a), 225(2)(3) (with ss. 16(6), 178, 179, 182, 222(3), 224(1), Sch. 22 paras. 1,2, 4, Sch. 23 para. 6)
C15Act extended (31.1.1993) by Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (c. 23), s. 5(6); S.I. 1992/3349, art.2.
C16Act restricted (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 97(1); S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 2, 5(a).
Act extended (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 97(1)(2); S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 2, 5(a).
Act extended (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 26(12), 33(2)(7), 34(2)(3), 69(2) (with 66(2)).
Act extended (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 28(1), 33(2)(7), 34(2)(3), 69(2) (with 66(2)).
Act restricted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 30, s. 20(6) (with s. 26(1)(2)); S.I. 1996/2963, art.2.
Act extended (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 30, s. 20(6) (with s. 26(1)(2)); S.I. 1996/2963, art.2.
C17Act applied (24.2.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 248(2)(b), 458(1); S.I. 2003/120, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (20.2.2003) by S.I. 2003/333, art. 14)
C18Act applied (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 47(2)(b), 458(1); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.
C19Act applied (31.12.2005) by The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3180), art. 11(2)(a)
C20Act applied (1.1.2006) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3181), arts. 14, 153
C21Act applied by S.I. 2005/3181, art. 141L (as inserted (11.11.2013) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2604), arts. 1(1), 3)
C22Act modified (21.5.2016) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 17(1)(a)
I1Act not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 19(2). Act wholly in force at 29.1.1973.
1 The registers and the index. E+W
(1)The registrar shall continue to keep at the registry in the prescribed manner the following registers, namely—
(a)a register of land charges;
(b)a register of pending actions;
(c)a register of writs and orders affecting land;
(e)a register of annuities,
and shall also continue to keep there an index whereby all entries made in any of those registers can readily be traced.
(2)Every application to register shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain the prescribed particulars.
[F2(3)Where any charge or other matter is registrable in more than one of the registers kept under this Act, it shall be sufficient if it is registered in one such register, and if it is so registered the person entitled to the benefit of it shall not be prejudicially affected by any provision of this Act as to the effect of non-registration in any other such register.
(3A)Where any charge or other matter is registrable in a register kept under this Act and was also, before the commencement of the Local Land Charges Act 1975, registrable in a local land charges register, then, if before the commencement of the said Act it was registered in the appropriate local land charges register, it shall be treated for the purposes of the provisions of this Act as to the effect of non-registration as if it had been registered in the appropriate register under this Act; and any certificate setting out the result of an official search of the appropriate local land charges register shall, in relation to it, have effect as if it were a certificate setting out the result of an official search under this Act.]
(4)Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the register of annuities.
(5)An office copy of an entry in any register kept under this section shall be admissible in evidence in all proceedings and between all parties to the same extent as the original would be admissible.
(6)Subject to the provisions of this Act, registration may be vacated pursuant to an order of the court.
F3[(6A)The [F4county court] have jurisdiction under subsection (6) above—
(d)in the case of a land charge of Class F, if the land affected by it is the subject of an order made by the court under section 1 of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 [F5or section 33 of the Family Law Act 1996] or an application for an order under [F6either of those sections]relating to that land has been made to the court;
F7(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
F8(6B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7)In this section “index” includes any device or combination of devices serving the purpose of an index.
F1S. 1(1)(d) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 6 para. 2(7)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 3); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(e)(i)
F2S. 1(3)(3A) substituted for section 1(3) (with savings) by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c.76, SIF 98:2) ss. 17(1)(a), 19(2)–(4),
F3S. 1(6A) substituted (1. 7. 1991) (for s. 1(6A) which was inserted by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 Pt. IV) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Sch Pt. I
F4Words in s. 1(6A) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 97; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F5Words in s. 1(6A)(d) inserted (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, s. 66(1), Sch. 8 Pt. III para. 46(a) (with Sch. 9 paras. 5, 8-10); S.I. 1997/1892, art. 3(1)(b).
F6Words in s. 1(6A)(d) substituted (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, s. 66(1), Sch. 8 Pt. III para. 46(b) (with Sch. 9 paras. 5, 8-10); S.I. 1997/1892, art. 3(1)(b).
F7S. 1(6A)(e) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 6 para. 2(7)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 3); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(e)(i)
F8S. 1(6B) (which was inserted by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 Pt. IV) omitted (1. 7. 1991) by virtue of S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Sch Pt. I
C23S. 1 amended by S.I. 1990/776, art. 4(1)(e)
C24S. 1(6) extended (1.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(6)
Registration in register of land chargesE+W
2 The register of land charges. E+W
(1)If a charge on or obligation affecting land falls into one of the classes described in this section, it may be registered in the register of land charges as a land charge of that class.
(2)A Class A land charge is—
(a)a rent or annuity or principal money payable by instalments or otherwise, with or without interest, which is not a charge created by deed but is a charge upon land (other than a rate) created pursuant to the application of some person under the provisions of any Act of Parliament, for securing to any person either the money spent by him or the costs, charges and expenses incurred by him under such Act, or the money advanced by him for repaying the money spent or the costs, charges and expenses incurred by another person under the authority of an Act of Parliament; or
(b)a rent or annuity or principal money payable as mentioned in paragraph (a) above which is not a charge created by deed but is a charge upon land (other than a rate) created pursuant to the application of some person under any of the enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act.
(3)A Class B land charge is a charge on land (not being a local land charge . . . F9) of any of the kinds described in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) above, created otherwise than pursuant to the application of any person.
(4)A Class C land charge is any of the following [F10(not being a local land charge)], namely—
(i)a puisne mortgage;
(ii)a limited owner’s charge;
(iii)a general equitable charge;
(iv)an estate contract;
(i)a puisne mortgage is a legal mortgage which is not protected by a deposit of documents relating to the legal estate affected;
(ii)a limited owner’s charge is an equitable charge acquired by a tenant for life or statutory owner under [F11the Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984][F12or under]any other statute by reason of the discharge by him of any [F12capital transfer tax] or other liabilities and to which special priority is given by the statute;
(iii)a general equitable charge is any equitable charge which—
(a)is not secured by a deposit of documents relating to the legal estate affected; and
(b)does not arise or affect an interest arising under a [F13trust of land] or a settlement; and
(c)is not a charge given by way of indemnity against rents equitably apportioned or charged exclusively on land in exoneration of other land and against the breach or non-observance of covenants or conditions; and
(d)is not included in any other class of land charge;
(iv)an estate contract is a contract by an estate owner or by a person entitled at the date of the contract to have a legal estate conveyed to him to convey or create a legal estate, including a contract conferring either expressly or by statutory implication a valid option to purchase, a right of pre-emption or any other like right.
(5)A Class D land charge is any of the following [F14(not being a local land charge)], namely—
(i)an Inland Revenue charge;
(ii)a restrictive covenant;
(iii)an equitable easement;
(i)an Inland Revenue charge is a charge on land, being a charge acquired by the Board under [F15the Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984;]
(ii)a restrictive covenant is a covenant or agreement (other than a covenant or agreement between a lessor and a lessee) restrictive of the user of land and entered into on or after 1st January 1926;
(iii)an equitable easement is an easement, right or privilege over or affecting land created or arising on or after 1st January 1926, and being merely an equitable interest.
(6)A Class E land charge is an annuity created before 1st January 1926 and not registered in the register of annuities.
(7)A Class F land charge is a charge affecting any land by virtue of the [F16Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996],
(8)A charge or obligation created before 1st January 1926 can only be registered as a Class B land charge or a Class C land charge if it is acquired under a conveyance made on or after that date.
(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17
F9Words repealed (with savings) by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c.76, SIF 98:2) s. 19, Sch. 2
F10Words inserted (with savings) by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c.76, SIF 98:2) ss. 17(1)(b), 19(2)–(4)
F11Words substituted by Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 (c.51, SIF 65), s. 276, Sch. 8 para. 3(1)(a)
F12Words substituted by Finance Act 1975 (c.7), s. 52(1), Sch. 12 para. 18(1)(2)
F13Words in s. 2(4)(iii)(b) substituted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 12(2) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1997/2974, art. 2.
F14Words inserted (with savings) by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c.76, SIF 98:2) ss. 17(1)(b), 19(2)–(4)
F15Words substituted by virtue of Finance Act 1975 (c.7, SIF 63:1), s. 52(1), Sch. 12 para. 18(1)(3) and Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 (c.51, SIF 65), s. 276, Sch. 8 para. 3(1)(b)
F16Words in s. 2(7) substituted (1.10.1997) by virtue of 1996 c. 27, s. 66(1), Sch. 8 Pt. III para.47 (with Sch. 9 paras. 5, 8-10); S.I. 1997/1892, art. 3(1)
F17S. 2(9) repealed by Finance Act 1977 (c.36, SIF 98:5), s. 59(5), Sch. 9 Pt. V (subject to a saving at the end of Pt. V in relation to any payment made or required to be made before 2.10.1977)
C25S. 2 restricted by Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 (c.19, SIF 49:5), s. 3
S. 2 restricted (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, ss. 31(13), 63(4) (with Sch. 9 para. 5); S.I. 1997/1892, art.3(1).
S. 2 restricted (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, s. 32, Sch. 4 para.2 (with Sch. 9 para. 5); S.I. 1997/1892, art.3(1).
C26S. 2 extended (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 164(3), 223(2) (with ss. 82(3), 186(1), 188, 222(1), Sch. 14 para. 6)
S. 2 extended (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, ss. 32, Sch. 4 para. 4(3)(b) (with Sch. 9 para. 5); S.I. 1997/1892, art.3(1)..
C27Definition of "an estate contract" in s. 2(4)(iv) restricted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 30, s. 20(6) (with s. 26(1)(2)); S.I. 1996/2963, art. 2.
3 Registration of land charges.E+W
(1)A land charge shall be registered in the name of the estate owner whose estate is intended to be affected.
[F18(1A)Where a person has died and a land charge created before his death would apart from his death have been registered in his name, it shall be so registered notwithstanding his death.]
(2)A land charge registered before 1st January 1926 under any enactment replaced by the M1Land Charges Act 1925 in the name of a person other than the estate owner may remain so registered until it is registered in the name of the estate owner in the prescribed manner.
(3)A puisne mortgage created before 1st January 1926 may be registered as a land charge before any transfer of the mortgage is made.
(4)The expenses incurred by the person entitled to the charge in registering a land charge of Class A, Class B or Class C (other than an estate contract) or by the Board in registering an Inland Revenue charge shall be deemed to form part of the land charge, and shall be recoverable accordingly on the day for payment of any part of the land charge next after such expenses are incurred.
(5)Where a land charge is not created by an instrument, short particulars of the effect of the charge shall be furnished with the application to register the charge.
(6)An application to register an Inland Revenue charge shall state the [F19tax] in respect of which the charge is claimed and, so far as possible, shall define the land affected, and such particulars shall be entered or referred to in the register.
(7)In the case of a land charge for securing money created by a company before 1st January 1970 or so created at any time as a floating charge, registration underany of the enactments mentioned in subsection (8) below shall be sufficient in place of registration under this Act, and shall have effect as if the land charge had been registered under this Act.
(8)The enactments referred to in subsection (7) above are section 93 of the M2Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908, section 79 of the M3Companies Act 1929 . . . F20 section 95 of the M4Companies Act 1948 [F21, sections 395 to 398 of the Companies Act 1985 and Part 25 of the Companies Act 2006 and regulations made under section 1052 of that Act].
F18S. 3(1A) inserted (1.7.1995) by 1994 c. 36, ss. 15(2)(5), 20; S.I. 1995/1317, art.2.
F19Words substituted by Finance Act 1975 (c.7), s. 52(1), Sch. 12 para. 18(1)(4)
F20Word repealed by Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985, (c.9, SIF 27), s. 30, Sch. 2
F21Words in s. 3(8) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23 (with art. 10)
M21908 c. 69.
M31929 c. 23.
4 Effect of land charges and protection of purchasers.E+W
(1)A land charge of Class A (other than a land improvement charge registered after 31st December 1969) or of Class B shall, when registered, take effect as if it had been created by a deed of charge by way of legal mortgage, but without prejudice to the priority of the charge.
(2)A land charge of Class A created after 31st December 1888 shall be void as against a purchaser of the land charged with it or of any interest in such land, unless the land charge is registered in the register of land charges before the completion of the purchase.
(3)After the expiration of one year from the first conveyance occurring on or after 1st January 1889 of a land charge of Class A created before that date the person entitled to the land charge shall not be able to recover the land charge or any part of it as against a purchaser of the land charged with it or of any interest in the land, unless the land charge is registered in the register of land charges before the completion of the purchase.
(4)If a land improvement charge was registered as a land charge of Class A before 1st January 1970, any body corporate which, but for the charge, would have power to advance money on the security of the estate or interest affected by it shall have that power notwithstanding the charge.
(5)A land charge of Class B and a land charge of Class C (other than an estate contract) created or arising on or after 1st January 1926 shall be void as against a purchaser of the land charged with it, or of any interest in such land, unless the land charge is registered in the appropriate register before the completion of the purchase.
(6)An estate contract and a land charge of Class D created or entered into on or after 1st January 1926 shall be void as against a purchaser for money or money’s worth [F22(or, in the case of an Inland Revenue Charge, a purchaser within the meaning of [F23the Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984)]] of a legal estate in the land charged with it, unless the land charge is registered in the appropriate register before the completion of the purchase.
(7)After the expiration of one year from the first conveyance occurring on or after 1st January 1926 of a land charge of Class B or Class C created before that date the person entitled to the land charge shall not be able to enforce or recover the land charge or any part of it as against a purchaser of the land charged with it, or of any interest in the land, unless the land charge is registered in the appropriate register before the completion of the purchase.
(8)A land charge of Class F shall be void as against a purchaser of the land charged with it, or of any interest in such land, unless the land charge is registered in the appropriate register before the completion of the purchase.
F22Words substituted by virtue of Finance Act 1975 (c.7), s. 52(1), Sch. 12 para. 18(1)(5)
F23Words substituted by Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 (c. 51, SIF 65), s. 276, Sch. 8 para. 3(2)
C28S. 4 extended (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 158(4)(b), 225(2)(3) (with ss. 16(6), 178, 179, 182, 222(3), 224(1), Sch. 22 paras. 1, 2, 4, Sch. 23 para. 6)
C29S. 4 applied (21.5.2016) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), ss. 17(1)(b), 88(2)(a)
C30S. 4(6) modified by Housing Act 1985 (c.68, SIF 61), Sch. 9A para. 6(2) (as inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63, SIF 61), s. 8(2), Sch. 2)
C31S. 4(6) modified by S.I. 1986/2092, art. 10, Sch. 2 para. 6(2)
Registration in registers of pending actions, writs and orders and deeds of arrangementE+W
5 The register of pending actions.E+W
(1)There may be registered in the register of pending actions—
[F24(c)a bankruptcy application.]
(a)if it relates to a pending land action, the court in which and the day on which the action was commenced; F25...
(b)if it relates to a petition in bankruptcy, the court in which and the day on which the petition was filed,[F26and]
[F27(c)if it relates to a bankruptcy application, the date on which the bankruptcy application was made.]
[F28(4A)Where a person has died and a pending land action would apart from his death have been registered in his name, it shall be so registered notwithstanding his death.]
[F29(6A)No fee shall be charged for the registration of a bankruptcy application.]
(8)A [F30bankruptcy application or] petition in bankruptcy shall not bind a purchaser of a legal estate in good faith, for money or money’s worth, . . . F31 unless it is for the time being registered under this section.
(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32
[F33(11)The county court has jurisdiction under subsection (10) of this section where the action was brought or the petition in bankruptcy was filed in that court.]
F24S. 5(1)(c) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(a)(i)
F25Word in s. 5(3)(a) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b)(i)
F26Word in s. 5(3)(b) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b)(ii)
F27S. 5(3)(c) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b)(iii)
F28S. 5(4A) inserted (1.7.1995) by 1994 c. 36, ss. 15(3)(5), 20; S.I. 1995/1317, art.2.
F29S. 5(6A) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(c)
F30Words in s. 5(8) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(d)
F31Words repealed by Insolvency Act 1985 (c.65, SIF 66), s. 235(1)(3), Sch. 8 para. 21(2), Sch. 10 Pt. III (with saving in Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45, SIF 66), s. 437, Sch. 11 para. 10)
F32S. 5(9) repealed by Insolvency Act 1985 (c.65, SIF 66), s. 235(3), Sch. 10 Pt. III (with saving in Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45, SIF 66), s. 437, Sch. 11 para. 10)
F33S. 5(11) added by County Courts Act 1984 (c.28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 Pt. IV para. 17
C32S. 5(11) modified by County Courts Act 1984 (c.28, SIF 34), s. 24(2)(f)
6 The register of writs and orders affecting land.E+W
(1)There may be registered in the register of writs and orders affecting land—
[F34(c)any bankruptcy order, whether or not the bankrupt’s estate is known to include land,]
F35[(d)any access order under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992.]
[F36(1A)No writ or order affecting an interest under a trust of land may be registered under subsection (1) above.]
[F37(2A)Where a person has died and any such writ or order as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) above would apart from his death have been registered in his name, it shall be so registered notwithstanding his death.]
(3)No fee shall be charged for the registration of a [F38bankruptcy order] if the application for registration is made by an official receiver.
(4)Except as provided by subsection (5) below and by [F39section 37(5) of the [F40Senior Courts Act 1981]] and [F41section 107(3) of the County Courts Act 1984] (which make special provision as to receiving orders in respect of land of judgment debtors) every such writ and order as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, and every delivery in execution or other proceeding taken pursuant to any such writ or order, or in obedience to any such writ or order, shall be void as against a purchaser of the land unless the writ or order is for the time being registered under this section.
[F42(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, the title of a trustee in bankruptcy shall be void as against a purchaser of a legal estate in good faith for money or money’s worth unless the bankruptcy order is for the time being registered under this section.]
(6)Where a [F43bankruptcy application or] petition in bankruptcy has been registered under section 5 above, the title of the trustee in bankruptcy shall be void as against a purchaser of a legal estate in good faith for money or money’s worth . . . F44 claiming under a conveyance made after the date of registration, unless at the date of the conveyance [F45either—
(b)a receiving order on the application or the petition is registered under this section.]
F34S. 6(1)(c) substituted by Insolvency Act 1985 (c.65, SIF 66), s. 235(1), Sch. 8 para. 21(3)(a) (with saving in Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45, SIF 66), s. 437, Sch. 11 para. 10)
F35S. 6(1)(d) added (31.1.1993) by Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (c. 23), s. 5(1); S.I. 1992/3349, art. 2.
F36S. 6(1A) inserted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 12(3) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2.
F37S. 6(2A) inserted (1.7.1995) by 1994 c. 36, ss. 15(4)(5), 20; S.I. 1995/1317, art. 2.
F38Words substituted by Insolvency Act 1985 (c.65, SIF 66), s. 235(1), Sch. 8 para. 21(3)(b) (with saving in Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45, SIF 66), s. 437, Sch. 11 para. 10)
F39Words substituted by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c.54, SIF 37), s. 152(1), Sch. 5
F40Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F41Words substituted by County Courts Act 1984 (c.28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 Pt. IV para. 18
F42S. 6(5) substituted by Insolvency Act 1985 (c.65, SIF 66), s. 235(1), Sch. 8 para. 21(3)(c) (with saving in Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45, SIF 66), s. 437, Sch. 11 para. 10)
F43Words in s. 6(6) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(a)
F44Words repealed by Insolvency Act 1985 (c.65, SIF 66), s. 235(1)(3), Sch. 8 para. 21(3)(d), Sch. 10 Pt. III (with saving in Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45, SIF 66), s. 437, Sch. 11 para. 10)
F45Words in s. 6(6) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(b)
C33S. 6(4) restricted by County Courts Act 1984 (c.28, SIF 34), s. 107(3)
C34S. 6(4) restricted by Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c.32, SIF 39:1), s. 10(3)
C35S. 6(4) modified by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33, SIF 39:1), ss. 79(2), 123(6), Sch. 8 para. 16
S. 6(4) excluded (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 28(2), 33(2)(7), 34(2)(3), 69(2) (with 66(2)).
F467 The register of deeds of arrangement affecting land.E+W
F46S. 7 omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 6 para. 2(7)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 3); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(e)(i)
8 Expiry and renewal of registrations.E+W
A registration under section 5, section 6 or section 7 of this Act shall cease to have effect at the end of the period of five years from the date on which it is made, but may be renewed from time to time and, if so renewed, shall have effect for five years from the date of renewal.
Searches and official searchesE+W
9 Searches.E+W
(1)Any person may search in any register kept under this Act on paying the prescribed fee.
10 Official searches.E+W
(1)Where any person requires search to be made at the registry for entries of any matters or documents, entries of which are required or allowed to be made in the registry by this Act, he may make a requisition in that behalf to the registrar, which may be either—
(2)The prescribed fee shall be payable in respect of every requisition made under this section; and that fee—
(3)Where a requisition is made under subsection (1) above and the fee payable in respect of it is paid or debited in accordance with subsection (2) above, the registrar shall thereupon make the search required and—
(4)In favour of a purchaser or an intending purchaser, as against persons interested under or in respect of matters or documents entries of which are required or allowed as aforesaid, the certificate, according to its tenor, shall be conclusive, affirmatively or negatively, as the case may be.
(5)If any officer, clerk or person employed in the registry commits, or is party or privy to, any act of fraud or collusion, or is wilfully negligent, in the making of or otherwise in relation to any certificate under this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £20, or to both such imprisonment and fine.
(6)Without prejudice to subsection (5) above, no officer, clerk or person employed in the registry shall, in the absence of fraud on his part, be liable for any loss which may be suffered—
(b)by reason of any communication of the result of a search under this section made otherwise than by issuing a certificate under this section.
11 Date of effective registration and priority notices.E+W
(1)Any person intending to make an application for the registration of any contemplated charge, instrument or other matter in pursuance of this Act or any rule made under this Act may give a priority notice in the prescribed form at least the relevant number of days before the registration is to take effect.
(2)Where a notice is given under subsection (1) above, it shall be entered in the register to which the intended application when made will relate.
(3)If the application is presented within the relevant number of days thereafter and refers in the prescribed manner to the notice, the registration shall take effect as if the registration had been made at the time when the charge, instrument or matter was created, entered into, made or arose, and the date at which the registration so takes effect shall be deemed to be the date of registration.
(a)any two charges, instruments or matters are contemporaneous; and
(b)one of them (whether or not protected by a priority notice) is subject to or dependent on the other; and
(c)the latter is protected by a priority notice,
the subsequent or dependent charge, instrument or matter shall be deemed to have been created, entered into or made, or to have arisen, after the registration of the other.
(5)Where a purchaser has obtained a certificate under section 10 above, any entry which is made in the register after the date of the certificate and before the completion of the purchase, and is not made pursuant to a priority notice entered on the register on or before the date of the certificate, shall not affect the purchaser if the purchase is completed before the expiration of the relevant number of days after the date of the certificate.
(6)The relevant number of days is—
(a)for the purposes of subsections (1) and (5) above, fifteen;
(b)for the purposes of subsection (3) above, thirty.
or such other number as may be prescribed; but in reckoning the relevant number of days for any of the purposes of this section any days when the registry is not open to the public shall be excluded.
12 Protection of solicitors, trustees, etc. E+W
A solicitor, or a trustee, personal representative, agent or other person in a fiduciary position, shall not be answerable—
(a)in respect of any loss occasioned by reliance on an office copy of an entry in any register kept under this Act;
(b)for any loss that may arise from error in a certificate under section 10 above obtained by him.
C36S. 12 extended by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c.61, SIF 98:1), s. 34(2)(c)
C37S. 12 extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 76:1), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 37(c); S.I. 1991/2683, art.2
C38S. 12 extended (prosp.) by Building Societies Act 1986 (c.53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 119(5), 124, 126, Sch. 21 paras. 9(c), 12(2)(3) (the said s. 124 (which induces Sch. 21 being repealed (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(7), Sch. 20)
13 Saving for overreaching powers.E+W
(1)The registration of any charge, annuity or other interest under this Act shall not prevent the charge, annuity or interest being overreached under any other Act, except where otherwise provided by that other Act.
(2)The registration as a land charge of a puisne mortgage or charge shall not operate to prevent that mortgage or charge being overreached in favour of a prior mortgagee or a person deriving title under him where, by reason of a sale or foreclosure, or otherwise, the right of the puisne mortgagee or subsequent chargee to redeem is barred.
14 Exclusion of matters affecting registered land or created by instruments necessitating registration of land.E+W
(1)This Act shall not apply to instruments or matters required to be registered or re-registered on or after 1st January 1926, if and so far as they affect registered land, and can be protected under the [F47Land Registration Act 2002].
(2)Nothing in this Act imposes on the registrar any obligation to ascertain whether or not an instrument or matter affects registered land.
(3)Where an instrument executed on or after 27th July 1971 conveys, grants or assigns an estate in land and creates a land charge affecting that estate, this Act shall not apply to the land charge, so far as it affects that estate, if under [F48section 7 of the Land Registration Act 2002 (effect of failure to comply with requirement of registration)] the instrument will, unless the necessary application for registration under that Act is made within the time allowed by or under [F49section 6 of that Act] , become void so far as respects the conveyance, grant or assignment of that estate.
F47Words in s. 14(1) substituted (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), s. 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 10(2) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)
F48Words in s. 14(3) substituted (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), s. 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 10(3)(a) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)
F49Words in s. 14(3) substituted (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), s. 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 10(3)(b) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)
15 Application to the Crown.E+W
(1)This Act binds the Crown, but nothing in this Act shall be construed as rendering land owned by or occupied for the purposes of the Crown subject to any charge to which, independently of this Act, it would not be subject.
(2)References in this Act to restrictive covenants include references to any conditions, stipulations or restrictions imposed on or after 1st January 1926, by virtue of section 137 of the M5Law of Property Act 1922, for the protection of the amenities of royal parks, gardens and palaces.
16 General rules.E+W
(1)The [F50Secretary of State] may, with the concurrence of the Treasury as to fees, make such general rules as may be required for carrying this Act into effect, and in particular—
(a)as to forms and contents of applications for registration, modes of identifying where practicable the land affected, requisitions for and certificates of official searches, and regulating the practice of the registry in connection therewith;
(b)for providing for the mode of registration of a land charge (and in the case of a puisne mortgage, general equitable charge, estate contract, restrictive covenant or equitable easement by reference to the instrument imposing or creating the charge, interest or restriction, or an extract from that instrument) and for the cancellation without an order of court of the registration of a land charge, on its cesser, or with the consent of the person entitled to it, or on sufficient evidence being furnished that the land charge has been overreached under the provisions of any Act or otherwise;
(c)for determining the date on which applications and notices shall be treated for the purposes of section 11 of this Act as having been made or given;
(d)for determining the times and order at and in which applications and priority notices are to be registered;
(e)For varying the relevant number of days for any of the purposes of section 11 of this Act;
(f)for enabling the registrar to provide credit accounting facilities in respect of fees payable by virtue of this Act;
(g)for treating the debiting of such a fee to a credit account maintained at the registry as being, for such purposes of this Act or of the rules as may be specified in the rules, payment of that fee;
(h)for the termination or general suspension of any credit accounting facilities provided under the rules or for their withdrawal or suspension in particular cases at the discretion of the registrar;
(j)for requiring the registrar to take steps in relation to any instrument or matter in respect of which compensation has been claimed under section 25 of the M6Law of Property Act 1969 which would be likely to bring that instrument or matter to the notice of any person who subsequently makes a search of the registers kept under section 1 of this Act or requires such a search to be made in relation to the estate or interest affected by the instrument or matter; and
(k)for authorising the use of the index kept under this Act in any manner which will serve that purpose, notwithstanding that its use in that manner is not otherwise authorised by or by virtue of this Act.
(2)The power F51... to make [F52rules under section][F53412 of the Insolvency Act 1986]shall include power to make rules as respects the registration and re-registration of a [F54bankruptcy application or] petition in bankruptcy under section 5 of this Act and [F52a bankruptcy order] under section 6 of this Act, as if the registration and re-registration were required [F52by [F53Parts VIII to XI] of that Act]
F50Words in s. 16(1) substituted (9.11.2011) by The Transfer of Functions (Her Majesty's Land Registry, the Meteorological Office and Ordnance Survey) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2436), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 3
F51Words in s. 16(2) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 75, Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11(e), 30(b)
F52Words substituted by Insolvency Act 1985 (c.65, SIF 66), s. 235(1), Sch. 8 para. 21(4) (with saving in Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45, SIF 66), s. 437, Sch. 11 para. 10)
F53Words substituted by Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45, SIF 66), s. 439(2), Sch. 14
F54Words in s. 16(2) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(4)
C39S.16 extended (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, s. 32, Sch. 4 para. 4(6) (with Sch. 9 para. 5); S.I. 1997/1892, art.3(a).
C40S. 16(1) functions transferred (9.11.2011) by The Transfer of Functions (Her Majesty's Land Registry, the Meteorological Office and Ordnance Survey) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2436), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2
M61969 c. 59.
17 Interpretation.E+W
“annuity” means a rentcharge or an annuity for a life or lives or for any term of years or greater estate determinable on a life or on lives and created after 25th April 1855 and before 1st January 1926, but does not include an annuity created by a marriage settlement or will;
“conveyance” includes a mortgage, charge, lease, assent, vesting declaration, vesting instrument, release and every other assurance of property, or of an interest in property, by any instrument except a will, and “convey” has a corresponding meaning;
“court” means the High Court, or the county court in a case where that court has jurisdiction;
“estate owner”, “legal estate”, “equitable interest”, F56. . ., “charge by way of legal mortgage”, [F57and “will”] have the same meanings as in the M7Law of Property Act 1925;
“judgment” includes any order or decree having the effect of a judgment;
“land” includes land of any tenure and mines and minerals, whether or not severed from the surface, buildings or parts of buildings (whether the division is horizontal, vertical or made in any other way) and other corporeal hereditaments, also a manor, an advowson and a rent and other incorporeal hereditaments, and an easement, right, privilege or benefit in, over or derived from land, but not an undivided share in land, and “hereditament” means real property which, on an intestacy occurring before 1st January 1926, might have devolved on an heir;
“land improvement charge” means any charge under the M8Improvement of Land Act 1864 or under any special improvement Act within the meaning of the M9Improvement of Land Act 1899;
“pending land action” means any action or proceeding pending in court relating to land or any interest in or charge on land;
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made pursuant to this Act;
“purchaser” means any person (including a mortgagee or lessee) who, for valuable consideration, takes any interest in land or in a charge on land, and “purchase” has a corresponding meaning;
“registrar” means the Chief Land Registrar, “registry” means Her Majesty’s Land Registry, and “registered land” has the same meaning as in the [F58Land Registration Act 2002] ;
“tenant for life”, “statutory owner”, “vesting instrument” and “settlement” have the same meanings as in the M10Settled Land Act 1925.
(2)For the purposes of any provision in this Act requiring or authorising anything to be done at or delivered or sent to the registry, any reference to the registry shall, if the registrar so directs, be read as a reference to such office of the registry (whether in London or elsewhere) as may be specified in the direction.
(3)Any reference in this Act to any enactment is a reference to it as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
F55Words in s. 17(1) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 6 para. 2(7)(c) (with Sch. 6 para. 3); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(e)(i)
F56Definition in s. 17(1) repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch.4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2.
F57Words substituted by Finance Act 1975 ( c.7), s. 52(1), Sch. 12 para. 18(1)(6)
F58Words in s. 17(1) substituted (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), s. 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 10(4) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)
M81864 c. 114.
M91899 c. 46.
(7)Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of section 38 of the M11Interpretation Act 1889 (which relates to the effect of repeals).
F59S. 18(2) repealed (with savings) by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c.76, SIF 98:2) s. 19, Sch. 2
F60S. 18(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 12
19 Short title, commencement and extent.E+W
(1)This Act may be cited as the Land Charges Act 1972.
(2)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.
SCHEDULE 1E+W Annuities
1No further entries shall be made in the register of annuities.E+W
2An entry of an annuity made in the register of annuities before 1st January 1926 may be vacated in the prescribed manner on the prescribed evidence as to satisfaction, cesser or discharge being furnished.E+W
3The register shall be closed when all the entries in it have been vacated or the prescribed evidence of the satisfaction, cesser or discharge of all the annuities has been furnished.E+W
4An annuity which before 1st January 1926 was capable of being registered in the register of annuities shall be void as against a creditor or a purchaser of any interest in the land charged with the annuity unless the annuity is for the time being registered in the register of annuities or in the register of land charges.E+W
SCHEDULE 2E+W Class A Land Charges
1Charges created pursuant to applications under the enactments mentioned in this Schedule may be registered as land charges of Class A by virtue of paragraph (b) of section 2(2) of this Act:—E+W
(a) The Tithe Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 54) Sections 4(2) and 6(1) (charge of consideration money. for redemption of tithe rentcharge).
(b) The Tithe Annuities Apportionment Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 20) Section 1 (charge of apportioned part of tithe redemption annuity).
(c) The Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 36) Paragraph (7) of Schedule 1 (charge in respect of improvements to business premises).
(d) [F61The Land Drainage Act 1991(1991 c. 59)] [F62Section 34(2)] (charge in respect of sum paid in commutation of certain obligations to repair banks, water-courses etc).
(e) The Tithe Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 43) Section 30(1) (charge for redemption of corn rents etc.).
(f) F63... F63. . .
(g) The Agricultural Holdings Act 1948
[F64Section 74 (charge in respect of sums due to] occupier of agricultural holding).
. . . F65
(h) The Corn Rents Act 1963 (1963 c. 14) Section 1(5) (charge under a scheme for the apportionment or redemption of corn rents or other payments in lieu of tithes).
[F66(i) The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986] [F66Section 85 (charges in respect of sums due to tenant of agricultural holding).]
[F66Section 86 (charges in favour of landlord of agricultural holding in respect of compensation for or cost of certain improvements).]
F61Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(d) substituted (1.12.1991) by virtue of Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 21(a)
F62Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(d) substituted (1.12.1991) by virtue of Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 21(b)
F63Sch. 2 para. 1(f) repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)
F64Words substituted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c.5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99, 100, 101, Sch. 13 para. 3, Sch. 14 para. 51(1)(2), Sch. 15 Pt. I
F65Words repealed by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c.5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99, 100, 101, Sch. 13 para. 3, Sch. 14 para. 51(1)(2), Sch. 15 Pt. I
F66Sch. 2 para.1(i) inserted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c.5, SIF 2:3), s. 100, Sch. 14 para. 51(1)(3)
2The following provisions of paragraph 1 above shall cease to have effect upon the coming into operation of the first scheme under the Corn Rents Act 1963, that is to say:—E+W
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), the words “and 6(1)”; and
(b)sub-paragraph (e).
3[F67The reference in paragraph 1(g) above to section 74 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 and the references in paragraph 1(i) above to section 85 and 86 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986] include references to any previous similar enactment.E+W
F67Sch. 2 para. 3 substituted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c.5, SIF 2:3), s. 100, Sch. 14 para. 51(1)(3)
Law of Property Act 1925E+W
1In section 97 of the M12Law of Property Act 1925 (priorities as between puisne mortgages) for the words from “to mortgages” to “1925), or” (which were inserted by section 9(2) of the M13Land Registration and Land Charges Act 1971) there shall be substituted the words “to mortgages or charges to which the Land Charges Act 1972 does not apply by virtue of section 14(3) of that Act (which excludes certain land charges created by instruments necessitating registration under the Land Registration Act 1925), or”.E+W
M131971 c. 54.
2—6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F68E+W
F68Sch. 3 paras. 2–6 repealed (with savings) by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c.76, SIF 98:2) s. 19, Sch. 2
Agricultural Credits Act 1928E+W
7For section 9(7) of the M14Agricultural Credits Act 1928 (agricultural charges) there shall be substituted—E+W
“(7)The Schedule to this Act shall have effect in relation to official searches in the register of agricultural charges.”;
“SCHEDULEE+W
Official Searches in the Register of Agricultural Charges
1Where any person requires search to be made at the Land Registry for entries of agricultural charges, he may on payment of a prescribed fee lodge at the Land Registry a requisition in that behalf.
2The reference to the Land Registry in paragraph 1 above shall, if the Land Registrar so directs, be read as a reference to such office of Her Majesty’s Land Registry (whether in London or elsewhere) as may be specified in the direction.
3The Land Registrar shall make the search required, and shall issue a certificate setting forth the result of the search.
4In favour of a purchaser or an intending purchaser, as against persons interested under or in respect of an agricultural charge, the certificate, according to its tenor, shall be conclusive, affirmatively or negatively, as the case may be.
5Every requisition under this Schedule shall be in writing, signed by the person making it, specifying the name against which he desires search to be made, or in relation to which he requires a certificate of result of search, and other sufficient particulars.
6If any officer, clerk or person employed in the Land Registry commits, or is party or privy to, any act of fraud or collusion, or is wilfully negligent, in the making of or otherwise in relation to any certificate under this Schedule, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £20, or to both such imprisonment and fine.
7A solicitor, or a trustee, personal representative, agent, or other person in a fiduciary position, shall not be answerable for any loss that may arise from error in a certificate under this Schedule obtained by him.”
M141928 c. 43.
8—12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F69E+W
F69Sch. 3 paras. 8–12 repealed by Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 (c.19, SIF 49:5), s. 12(2), Sch. 3
SCHEDULE 4E+W . . . F70
F70Sch. 4 repealed (with savings) by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c.76, SIF 98:2) s. 19, Sch. 2
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 22. The Land Charges Act 1925. Sections 1 to 14, except section 10(6). Section 15(6). Section 16(2). Section 17. Section 19(2). In section 20, paragraphs (1), (3), (5) and (7), in paragraph (10) the words “ ”registry’ means His Majesty’s Land Registry,” and paragraphs (11) and (13). Sections 21 to 23. In section 24, paragraph (b).
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 11. The Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926. Section 4. In the Schedule, the first entry relating to section 10 of the Land Charges Act 1925.
26 Geo. 5. and 1 Edw. 8. c. 43. The Tithe Act 1936. Section 13(10).
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 63. The Agricultural Holdings Act 1948. In Schedule 7, paragraph 3.
1967 c. 75. The Matrimonial Homes Act 1967. Section 2(6), except so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Schedule. In the Schedule, paragraphs 2 and 3.
1969 c. 59. The Law of Property Act 1969. Section 25(7). Sections 26 and 27.
1971 c. 54. The Land Registration and Land Charges Act 1971. Sections 5 to 11. In section 12, the words from “and for” to the end of the section. In section 15(1), paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it. In section 15(2), the words from “and Part II” to the end of the subsection, In section 15(3), the words “Without prejudice to subsection (2) above”. Schedule 1.