{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-district-registries-order-1991/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-district-registries-order-1991/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2634",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-district-registries-order-1991",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "District Registries",
  "text": "(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.\n(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.\n(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:\nProvided that—\nNorth 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;\nand the provisions of the Schedule shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2634/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:34:06.995987+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}