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The Land Registration Act 2002 (c 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed and replaced previous legislation governing land registration, in particular the Land Registration Act 1925, which governed an earlier, though similar, system. The Act, together with the Land Registration Rules, [3][4][5] regulates the role and ...
The Land Registration Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 21) was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that codified, prioritised and extended the system of land registration in England and Wales. [1] It has largely been repealed, and updated in the Land Registration Act 2002.
Land registration is governed by the Land Transfer Act 1952. [25] The Deeds system was introduced in 1841 [26] [27] and the Torrens system in 1870. [28] Both methods ran in parallel until 1924 when registration under the Land Transfer Act (Torrens system) became compulsory and a project to issue titles for all property was instituted. [29]
The Land Registration Act 2002 section 27(2) makes registration compulsory for all transfers of land, leases over seven years and any charges. [4] Under LRA 2002 section 27, the consequence of a failure to register one's interest is that it will not bind another person in law who is transferred the property and does register.
The modern law's sources derive from the old courts of common law and equity, and legislation such as the Law of Property Act 1925, the Settled Land Act 1925, the Land Charges Act 1972, the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and the Land Registration Act 2002. At its core, English land law involves the acquisition, content and ...
His Majesty's Land Registry is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government, created in 1862 to register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales. [3] It reports to the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government. [4] The registry contains 87% of land in the UK as of 2019.
In 2013, because registration of title was never made compulsory per se, 18 per cent of land in England and Wales remained unregistered. [3] Only if a transaction identified in the Land Registration Act 2002 section 4 took place, as under the Land Registration Act 1925, would the land be compulsorily entered on the register.
The Land Registration Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 26) (LRA) was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that amended the Land Registration Act 1925, concerning land registration in England and Wales. [1] It has largely been repealed, and updated in the Land Registration Act 2002. The subsequent Commons Registration Act 1965 made ...