# The Land Registration (Conduct of Business) Regulations 2000 S.I. 2000/2212 · made 3 August 2000 These Regulations, which supersede the Land Registration (Conduct of Business) Regulations 1997, make amendments to the acts of the Registrar which may be done by a legally qualified registrar, called the Solicitor to HM Land Registry, or, during a vacancy in the office of, or in the absence of, the Solicitor to HM Land Registry, by another legally qualified registrar (called the Acting Solicitor to HM Land Registry). They further provide for those acts to be done by another legally qualified registrar (called the Deputy Solicitor to HM Land Registry) for the purpose of determining a matter under rule 299 of the Land Registration Rules 1925 (hearing before the Registrar) and making an order as to costs following such a determination, where such registrar has been nominated by the Registrar to have the conduct of hearings. Made under: 1925 c. 21 (Section 126) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-conduct-of-business-regulations-2000/pdf/uksi_20002212_en.pdf ## Introductory text LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 3rd August 2000 Coming into force 2nd October 2000 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(5) and (6A) of the Land Registration Act 1925, hereby makes the following Regulations: ## 1 Citation, commencement and revocation (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Land Registration (Conduct of Business) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000. (2) The Land Registration (Conduct of Business) Regulations 1997 are revoked. ## 2 Interpretation In these Regulations— (a) “the Act” means the Land Registration Act 1925; (b) “the hearings procedure rules” means the Land Registration (Hearings Procedure) Rules 2000; (c) “the principal rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925; (d) “qualified registrar” means a registrar who has a 10 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; and (e) “Schedule” means the schedule to this order. ## 3 Solicitor to HM Land Registry (1) The acts of the Registrar to which this regulation applies may be done for all purposes by a single qualified registrar nominated by the Registrar. (2) The registrar nominated under paragraph (1) shall be styled Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry. ## 4 Acts of the Registrar which may be done by the Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry Regulation 3 applies to the acts of the Registrar which are authorised or required to be done in pursuance of— (a) the provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule, subject to the limitation, if any, specified in the second column thereof; (b) the provisions of the principal rules specified in the first column of Part II of the Schedule, subject to the limitation, if any, specified in the second column thereof; (c) rules 2 to 19 of the hearings procedure rules. ## 5 Vacancy in office of, or absence of, the Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry (1) During a vacancy in the office of, or in the absence of, the Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry, the acts of the Registrar to which regulation 3 applies may be done by another qualified registrar nominated by the Registrar. (2) Any registrar acting under the authority of paragraph (1) shall, while so acting, be styled Acting Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry. (3) A registrar must not do any act under paragraph (1) in relation to a matter if he has had any dealing with that matter otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (1). ## 6 Determination of matters under rule 299 of the principal rules (1) Subject to paragraph (3), for the purposes of determining a matter under rule 299 of the principal rules (hearing before the Registrar) and making an order as to costs following such a determination, the acts of the Registrar to which regulation 3 applies may be done by any qualified registrar who has been nominated by the Registrar to have the conduct of hearings. (2) Any registrar acting under the authority of paragraph (1) shall, while so acting, be styled Deputy Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry. (3) A registrar must not do any act under paragraph (1) in relation to a matter if he has had any dealing with that matter otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (1). ## Signature Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 3rd August 2000 ## Schedule: SPECIFIED PROVISIONS OF THE ACT AND THE PRINCIPAL RULES ## I THE ACT Provisions of the Act authorising or requiring acts to be done by the Registrar Limitation (if any) on the extent to which regulation 3 applies Section 13 Limited to hearing and determining objections under provisio (b) Section 15 Without limitation Section 17 Without limitation Section 82 Limited to rectifying the register (otherwise than pursuant to an order of the court or with the consent of all persons interested) and making orders dispensing with the production of land or charge certificates Section 140 Without limitation ## II THE PRINCIPAL RULES Provisions of the principal rules authorising or requiring acts to be done by the Registrar Limitation (if any) on the extent to which regulation 3 applies Rule 26 Without limitation Rule 131 Limited to the making of an entry in or correction of the register (except where the power of disposing of the land has vested in a person other than the proprietor by the operation of any statute, statutory power or order of the court) Rule 158 Without limitation Rule 230(2) Without limitation Rule 299 Without limitation Rule 303 Without limitation Rule 320 Without limitation Rule 321 Without limitation ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations, which supersede the Land Registration (Conduct of Business) Regulations 1997, make amendments to the acts of the Registrar which may be done by a legally qualified registrar, called the Solicitor to HM Land Registry, or, during a vacancy in the office of, or in the absence of, the Solicitor to HM Land Registry, by another legally qualified registrar (called the Acting Solicitor to HM Land Registry). They further provide for those acts to be done by another legally qualified registrar (called the Deputy Solicitor to HM Land Registry) for the purpose of determining a matter under rule 299 of the Land Registration Rules 1925 (hearing before the Registrar) and making an order as to costs following such a determination, where such registrar has been nominated by the Registrar to have the conduct of hearings. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2212 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-conduct-of-business-regulations-2000 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.