# Land Registration Act 1925 (repealed) 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 21 · enacted 9 April 1925 · revised to 25 May 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-1925-repealed/pdf/ukpga_19250021_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: Preliminary ## 1 Registers to be continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 What estates may be registered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Registration of Land ### Freehold Land ## 4 Application for registration of freehold land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Effect of first registration with absolute title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Effect of first registration with possessory title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Qualified title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Leasehold Land ## 8 Application for registration of leasehold land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Effect of first registration with absolute title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Effect of first registration with good leasehold title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Effect of first registration with possessory title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Qualified title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Preliminaries to Registration ## 13 Regulations as to examination of title by registrar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Evidence required before registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Production of deeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Deeds to be marked with notice of registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Costs of application for registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Registered Dealings with Registered Land ### Dispositions of Freehold Land ## 18 Powers of disposition of registered freeholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Registration of disposition of freeholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Effect of registration of dispositions of freeholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Dispositions of Leasehold Land ## 21 Powers of disposition of registered leaseholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Registration of dispositions of leaseholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Effect of registration of dispositions of leaseholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Implied covenants on transfers of leaseholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Charges on Freehold and Leasehold Land ## 25 Proprietor’s power to create charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Registration of charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Terms of years implied in or granted by charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Implied covenants in charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Priorities of registered charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Protection of charges for securing further advances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Alteration of charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Provisions when charge registered in names of several proprietors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Transfer of charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Powers of proprietor of charge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Discharge of charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Rules as to subcharges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### As to Dealings generally ## 37 Powers of persons entitled to be registered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Certain provisions of the Law of Property Act to apply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Deeds off register, how far to be void. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Creation and discharge of restrictive covenants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Transmissions of Land and Charges on Death and Bankruptcy ## 41 Transmissions of land and charges on death of proprietor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Transmissions on bankruptcy of proprietor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Effect of transmissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Vesting of term or subterm on transmission of charge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Proof of transmission of registered proprietorship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Subsidiary Provisions ## 46 Determination or variation of leases, incumbrances, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Vesting instruments and dispositions in name of proprietor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: Notices, Cautions, Inhibitions and Restrictions ### Notices ## 48 Registration of notice of lease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Rules to provide for notices of other rights, interests and claims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Notices of restrictive covenants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Notice of manorial incidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Effect of notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Cautions ## 53 Cautions against first registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Cautions against dealings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Effect of cautions against dealings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 General provisions as to cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Inhibitions ## 57 Power for court or registrar to inhibit registered dealings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Restrictions ## 58 Power to place restrictions on register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Protection of various Interests ## 59 Writs, orders, deeds of arrangement, pending actions, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Notice of incumbrances registered under the Companies Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Protection of creditors prior to registration of trustee in bankruptcy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Rules to be made as to certain details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: Land and Charge Certificates ## 63 Issue of land and charge certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Certificates to be produced and noted on dealings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Deposit at registry of certificate of mortgaged land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Creation of liens by deposit of certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Issue of new certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Certificates to be evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VI: General Provisions as to Registration and the Effect Thereof ## 69 Effect of registration on the legal estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Liability of registered land to overriding interests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Dispositions by virtue of overriding interests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Appurtenances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Inland Revenue charge for capital transfer tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Notice of trust not to affect registered dealing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Acquisition of title by possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Description of registered land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 [Conversion of possessory into absolute or good leasehold title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Provisions as to undivided shares in land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Addresses for service and notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Bona vacantia and forfeiture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Power to remove land from the register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VII: Rectification of Register and Indemnity ## 82 Rectification of the register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Indemnity for errors or omissions in the register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Application of indemnity in case of settled land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VIII: Application to particular Classes of Land ## 86 Registration of settled land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Changes of ownership of settled land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Settlement may be filed in registry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Registrar’s certificate authorising proposed dealing with settled land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Charges for money actually raised. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Minorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Rights of tenants for life and statutory owners to be registered as proprietors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 As to persons in a fiduciary position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Land held in trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Restriction on number of trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Crown and Duchy land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Foreshore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Land subject to charitable trusts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Land belonging to benefices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Small holdings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IX: Unregistered Dealings with Registered Land ### Powers of dealing with Registered Land off the Register ## 101 Dispositions off register creating “minor interests.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Priorities as between minor interests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Obligation to give effect on the register to certain minor interests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Protection of leases granted under statutory powers by persons other than registered proprietor and restriction on power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 As to minor interests in mortgage debts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Creation and protection of mortgages of registered land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Power for proprietors to bind successors and to enforce contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 108 Acquisition of easements and other benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 109 Restriction on exercise of powers off the register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part X: Miscellaneous Provisions ## 110 Provisions as between vendor and purchaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 111 †Infants, defectives and lunatics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 111A Caution relating to right to manage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 112 Inspection of register and other documents at Land Registry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 113 Office copies to be evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 113A Inspection etc.—supplementary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 114 Fraudulent dispositions how far to be void. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 115 Penalty for suppression of deeds and evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 116 Penalty for certain fraudulent acts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 117 Punishment of misdemeanors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 119 Civil remedies and discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part XI: Compulsory Registration ## 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 121, 122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 123 Compulsory registration: dispositions to which requirement to register applies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 123A Compulsory registration: effect of requirement to register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 124 Compulsory provisions bind the Crown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 125 Special provisions as to orders affecting Ridings of Yorkshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part XII: Administrative and Judicial Provisions ### His Majesty’s Land Registry ## 126 His Majesty’s Land Registry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 127 Conduct of business by registrar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 128 Power for registrar to summon witnesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 129 Interchange of information between Land Registry and other Departments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 130 Statutory acknowledgments on return of documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 131 Indemnity to officers of registry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### District Registries ## 132 Power to form district registries by general orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 133 Powers of district registrar, and appeals from him. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 134 Application of general orders, &c. to districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Local Registries of Deeds ## 135 Exemption of land registered under Act from registry of deeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 136 Power to transfer Yorkshire registries to land registry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Provisions as to the Land Registry Act, 1862 ## 137 Provisions as to the Land Registry Act, 1862. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Description and Powers of the Court ## 138 Jurisdiction of High Court and county courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 139 Powers of court in action for specific performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 140 Power of registrar to state case for the court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 141 Intervention of court in case of persons under disability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 142 Power for court to bind interests of persons under disability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 143 Appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part XIII: Rules, Fee Orders, Regulations, Short Title, Commencement and Extent ## 144 Power to make general rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 145 Power to make Fee Orders and principles on which fees determined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 147 Repeals, savings and construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 148 Short title, commencement and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/21 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-1925-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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