Land Registration Act 1925 (repealed)

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Land Registration Act 1925 (repealed)

Land Registration Act 1925 (repealed) (1925 c. 21)

Part I Preliminary

[F2] Act repealed (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), s. 136(2), Sch. 13 (with ss. 129, 134(1), Sch. 12 para. 1); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1); (with savings and transitional provisions (13.10.2003) by S.I. 2003/1953, art. 3); and Act in so far as it remains in force applied (25.5.2007) by The School Organisation (Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1355), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 18(2)

1 Registers to be continued.

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2 What estates may be registered.

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3 Interpretation.

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Part II Registration of Land

Freehold Land

4 Application for registration of freehold land.

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5 Effect of first registration with absolute title.

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6 Effect of first registration with possessory title.

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7 Qualified title.

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Leasehold Land

8 Application for registration of leasehold land.

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9 Effect of first registration with absolute title.

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10 Effect of first registration with good leasehold title.

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11 Effect of first registration with possessory title.

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12 Qualified title.

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Preliminaries to Registration

13 Regulations as to examination of title by registrar.

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14 Evidence required before registration.

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15 Production of deeds.

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16 Deeds to be marked with notice of registration.

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17 Costs of application for registration.

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Part III Registered Dealings with Registered Land

Dispositions of Freehold Land

18 Powers of disposition of registered freeholds.

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19 Registration of disposition of freeholds.

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20 Effect of registration of dispositions of freeholds.

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Dispositions of Leasehold Land

21 Powers of disposition of registered leaseholds.

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22 Registration of dispositions of leaseholds.

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23 Effect of registration of dispositions of leaseholds.

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24 Implied covenants on transfers of leaseholds.

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Charges on Freehold and Leasehold Land

25 Proprietor’s power to create charges.

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26 Registration of charges.

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27 Terms of years implied in or granted by charges.

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28 Implied covenants in charges.

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29 Priorities of registered charges.

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30 Protection of charges for securing further advances.

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31 Alteration of charges.

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32 Provisions when charge registered in names of several proprietors.

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33 Transfer of charges.

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34 Powers of proprietor of charge.

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35 Discharge of charges.

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36 Rules as to subcharges.

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As to Dealings generally

37 Powers of persons entitled to be registered.

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38 Certain provisions of the Law of Property Act to apply.

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39 Deeds off register, how far to be void.

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40 Creation and discharge of restrictive covenants.

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Transmissions of Land and Charges on Death and Bankruptcy

41 Transmissions of land and charges on death of proprietor.

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42 Transmissions on bankruptcy of proprietor.

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43 Effect of transmissions.

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44 Vesting of term or subterm on transmission of charge.

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45 Proof of transmission of registered proprietorship.

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Subsidiary Provisions

46 Determination or variation of leases, incumbrances, etc.

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47 Vesting instruments and dispositions in name of proprietor.

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Part IV Notices, Cautions, Inhibitions and Restrictions

Notices

48 Registration of notice of lease.

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49 Rules to provide for notices of other rights, interests and claims.

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50 Notices of restrictive covenants.

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51 Notice of manorial incidents.

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52 Effect of notices.

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Cautions

53 Cautions against first registration.

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54 Cautions against dealings.

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55 Effect of cautions against dealings.

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56 General provisions as to cautions.

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Inhibitions

57 Power for court or registrar to inhibit registered dealings.

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Restrictions

58 Power to place restrictions on register.

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Protection of various Interests

59 Writs, orders, deeds of arrangement, pending actions, &c.

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60 Notice of incumbrances registered under the Companies Act.

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61 Protection of creditors prior to registration of trustee in bankruptcy.

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62 Rules to be made as to certain details.

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Part V Land and Charge Certificates

63 Issue of land and charge certificates.

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64 Certificates to be produced and noted on dealings.

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65 Deposit at registry of certificate of mortgaged land.

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66 Creation of liens by deposit of certificates.

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67 Issue of new certificates.

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68 Certificates to be evidence.

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Part VI General Provisions as to Registration and the Effect Thereof

69 Effect of registration on the legal estate.

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70 Liability of registered land to overriding interests.

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71 Dispositions by virtue of overriding interests.

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72 Appurtenances.

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73 Inland Revenue charge for capital transfer tax.

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74 Notice of trust not to affect registered dealing.

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75 Acquisition of title by possession.

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76 Description of registered land.

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77 [Conversion of possessory into absolute or good leasehold title.

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78 Provisions as to undivided shares in land.

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79 Addresses for service and notices.

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80 Bona vacantia and forfeiture.

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81 Power to remove land from the register.

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Part VII Rectification of Register and Indemnity

82 Rectification of the register.

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83 Indemnity for errors or omissions in the register.

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84 Application of indemnity in case of settled land.

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Part VIII Application to particular Classes of Land

86 Registration of settled land.

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87 Changes of ownership of settled land.

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88 Settlement may be filed in registry.

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89 Registrar’s certificate authorising proposed dealing with settled land.

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90 Charges for money actually raised.

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91 Minorities.

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92 Rights of tenants for life and statutory owners to be registered as proprietors.

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93 As to persons in a fiduciary position.

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94 Land held in trust.

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95 Restriction on number of trustees.

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96 Crown and Duchy land.

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97 Foreshore.

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98 Land subject to charitable trusts.

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99 Land belonging to benefices.

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100 Small holdings.

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Part IX Unregistered Dealings with Registered Land

Powers of dealing with Registered Land off the Register

101 Dispositions off register creating “minor interests.”

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102 Priorities as between minor interests.

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103 Obligation to give effect on the register to certain minor interests.

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104 Protection of leases granted under statutory powers by persons other than registered proprietor and restriction on power.

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105 As to minor interests in mortgage debts.

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106 Creation and protection of mortgages of registered land.

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107 Power for proprietors to bind successors and to enforce contracts.

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108 Acquisition of easements and other benefits.

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109 Restriction on exercise of powers off the register.

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Part X Miscellaneous Provisions

110 Provisions as between vendor and purchaser.

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111 †Infants, defectives and lunatics.

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111A Caution relating to right to manage

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112 Inspection of register and other documents at Land Registry.

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113 Office copies to be evidence.

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113A Inspection etc.—supplementary.

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114 Fraudulent dispositions how far to be void.

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115 Penalty for suppression of deeds and evidence.

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116 Penalty for certain fraudulent acts.

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117 Punishment of misdemeanors.

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119 Civil remedies and discovery.

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Part XI Compulsory Registration

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123 Compulsory registration: dispositions to which requirement to register applies.

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123A Compulsory registration: effect of requirement to register.

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124 Compulsory provisions bind the Crown.

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125 Special provisions as to orders affecting Ridings of Yorkshire.

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Part XII Administrative and Judicial Provisions

His Majesty’s Land Registry

126 His Majesty’s Land Registry.

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127 Conduct of business by registrar.

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128 Power for registrar to summon witnesses.

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129 Interchange of information between Land Registry and other Departments.

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130 Statutory acknowledgments on return of documents.

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131 Indemnity to officers of registry.

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District Registries

132 Power to form district registries by general orders.

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133 Powers of district registrar, and appeals from him.

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134 Application of general orders, &c. to districts.

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Local Registries of Deeds

135 Exemption of land registered under Act from registry of deeds.

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136 Power to transfer Yorkshire registries to land registry.

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Provisions as to the Land Registry Act, 1862

137 Provisions as to the Land Registry Act, 1862.

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Description and Powers of the Court

138 Jurisdiction of High Court and county courts.

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139 Powers of court in action for specific performance.

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140 Power of registrar to state case for the court.

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141 Intervention of court in case of persons under disability.

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142 Power for court to bind interests of persons under disability.

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143 Appeals.

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Part XIII Rules, Fee Orders, Regulations, Short Title, Commencement and Extent

144 Power to make general rules.

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145 Power to make Fee Orders and principles on which fees determined.

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147 Repeals, savings and construction.

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148 Short title, commencement and extent.

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