Regulation 6 Determination of matters under rule 299 of the principal rules

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.

Any registrar acting under the authority of paragraph (1) shall, while so acting, be styled Deputy Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry.

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).