{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-1995/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-1995/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/140",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Registration Rules 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 24th January 1995\nLaid before Parliament 24th January 1995\nComing into force 3rd April 1995\nThe Lord Chancellor, with the advice and assistance of the Rule Committee appointed in pursuance of section 144 of the Land Registration Act 1925, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section, hereby makes the following rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1925 c 21; section 144(1) was amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c 53), section 67(2) and Schedule 5, paragraph (d). The reference to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was substituted by the Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Food) Order 1955 (S.I. 1955/554)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/140/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}