Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Land Registration Fee Order 2024 and shall come into force on 9th December 2024.

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Land Registration Act 2002,

• “CLRA” means the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002^f1,

• “charge” includes a sub-charge,

• “common parts” has the same meaning as in section 25 of the CLRA,

• “a commonhold” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the CLRA,

• “commonhold association” has the same meaning as in section 34 of the CLRA,

• “commonhold community statement” has the same meaning as in section 31 of the CLRA,

• “commonhold land” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the CLRA,

• “commonhold unit” has the same meaning as in section 11 of the CLRA,

• “developer” has the same meaning as in section 58 of the CLRA,

• “electronic means” means electronically in accordance with a notice given under Schedule 2 to the rules but not by email,

• “large scale application” has the same meaning as in article 6(1)(b),

• “monetary consideration” means a consideration in money or money’s worth, other than a nominal consideration or a consideration consisting solely of a covenant to pay money owing under a mortgage,

• “permitted means” means permitted under the rules,

• “profit” means a profit a prendre in gross,

• “the rules” means the Land Registration Rules 2003^f2 and a rule referred to by number means the rule so numbered in the rules,

• “Scale 1” means Scale 1 in Schedule 1,

• “Scale 2” means Scale 2 in Schedule 2,

• “scale fee” means a fee payable in accordance with a scale set out in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2,

• “scale fee application” means an application which attracts a scale fee, or which would attract such a fee but for the operation of article 6,

• “share”, in relation to land, means an interest in that land under a trust of land,

• “surrender” includes a surrender not made by deed,

• “voluntary application” means an application for first registration (other than for the registration of title to a rentcharge, a franchise, a profit or mines and minerals held apart from the surface) which is not made wholly or in part pursuant to section 4 of the Act (when title must be registered).

Expressions used in this Order have, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning which they bear in the rules.