# The Land Registration Fee Order 1990, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration Fee Order 1988, may be cited as the Land Registration Fee Order 1990 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1990.
(2) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires:
“account holder” means a person or firm holding a credit account;
“the Act” means the Land Registration Act 1925;
“charge” includes sub-charge;
“compulsory area” means an area in which registration of title is compulsory on sale;
“credit account” means an account authorised by the Registrar under article 14(1);
“licensed conveyancer” has the same meaning as in section 11(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 and includes a recognised body within the meaning of section 32(2) of that Act;
“monetary consideration” means a consideration in money or money’s worth (other than a nominal consideration or a consideration solely of a covenant to pay money owing under a mortgage);
“the principal rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925;
“scale fee” means a fee payable in accordance with a scale set out in Schedule 1 or 2;
“Schedule” means a Schedule to this Order;
“share in registered land” means a share in the proceeds of sale of registered land held on trust for sale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/172/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-fee-order-1990/article-1
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