{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-1989/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-1989/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/801",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Registration Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-1989",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "New rule 29",
  "text": "The following rule shall be substituted for rule 29:\n“Certificate by a solicitor as to title on first registration\n29 On an application for first registration following a sale of freehold or leasehold land or the grant of a lease where the land comprises only a single house or flat, including any yard, garden or outhouse belonging thereto the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, register a title as absolute or good leasehold on production of a certificate by a solicitor at the expense of the applicant, to the effect that:\n(a) he acted for the applicant on the purchase or the grant of the lease which induced the registration;\n(b) he investigated, or caused to be investigated, the title in the usual way on the applicant’s behalf and made, or caused to be made, all necessary searches;\n(c) he believes that the applicant is, and has been since the date of the acquisition, in undisputed possession of the land or in receipt of the rents and profits thereof;\n(d) he is not aware of any question or doubt affecting the applicant’s title or of any claim to the land adverse to the interest of the applicant;\n(e) the applicant has not entered into any arrangement or created any incumbrance requiring entry on the register except as may be stated in the certificate; and\n(f) he is not aware of any other matters affecting the applicant’s title except as may be referred to in the assurance to the applicant or stated in the certificate.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/801/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:44:40.434110+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."
}