# The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008, Paragraph 56: New rule 183


For rule 183 substitute—
“Registration of certain corporations
183. (1) Where a corporation to which this rule applies makes an application to be registered as proprietor of a registered estate or registered charge the application must also be accompanied by evidence of the extent of its powers to hold and sell, mortgage, lease and otherwise deal with, or to lend money on a mortgage or charge of, land.
(2) The evidence must include—
(a) the charter, statute, rules, memorandum and articles of association or other documents constituting the corporation, or a certificate given either—
(i) in Form 7 by a qualified lawyer practising in the territory of incorporation of the corporation, where the corporation is incorporated outside the United Kingdom, or
(ii) in Form 8 by the applicant’s conveyancer, in respect of any other corporation to which this rule applies, and
(b) such further evidence as the registrar may require.
(3) This rule applies to any corporation aggregate which is not—
(a) a company incorporated in any part of the United Kingdom under the Companies Acts,
(b) a limited liability partnership incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 or the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, or
(c) a corporation to which rule 182(1) applies.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1919/schedule/1/paragraph/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-amendment-rules-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-56
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