Article 2 District Registries

(1)

(a)

There shall continue to be district registries bearing the names and at the places specified in column 1 in Part I of the Schedule.

(b)

On and after the date specified in column 1 in Part II of the Schedule there shall be a new district registry bearing the name and at the place specified in that column.

(2)

Each district registry shall be the proper office for the purposes of the registration of titles to land wholly or partly in its district, which shall comprise the administrative areas specified opposite its name in columns 2 and 3 in both Parts of the Schedule:

Provided that—

North Yorkshire shall not form part of the district of the York District Land Registry before 5th October 1992 and shall not form part of the district of the Durham District Land Registry on or after that date;

and the provisions of the Schedule shall be construed accordingly.