# Land Registration Act 2002, Section 23: Owner’s powers


(1) Owner’s powers in relation to a registered estate consist of—
(a) power to make a disposition of any kind permitted by the general law in relation to an interest of that description, other than a mortgage by demise or sub-demise, and
(b) power to charge the estate at law with the payment of money.
(2) Owner’s powers in relation to a registered charge consist of—
(a) power to make a disposition of any kind permitted by the general law in relation to an interest of that description, other than a legal sub-mortgage, and
(b) power to charge at law with the payment of money indebtedness secured by the registered charge.
(3) In subsection (2)(a), “legal sub-mortgage” means—
(a) a transfer by way of mortgage,
(b) a sub-mortgage by sub-demise, and
(c) a charge by way of legal mortgage.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/9/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-2002/section-23
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