The Land Registration Rules 2003
S.I. 2003/1417 · Made 19 May 2003 · Extends to England and Wales
LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 19th May 2003
Laid before Parliament 5th June 2003
Coming into force in accordance with rule 1
C1The Lord Chancellor, with the advice and assistance of the Rule Committee appointed in pursuance of section 127 of the Land Registration Act 2002 M1, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(2), 6(6), 13(a), (b), 14(a), (b), 16(2), 18(1)(b), (2), (4), 19(2), 20(3)(a), (b), (c), 21(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), 22, 25(1), 27(6), 34(2), 35(3), 36(3), (4), 37(2), 39, 43(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), 44(2), 45(2), 46(4), 47(a), (b), 48(2)(a), (b), 49(2), (3)(b), (4)(b), 50, 57, 60(3), (4), 61(2), 64(2), 66(2), 67(3), 68(1)(d), (2)(a), (b), 69(2), 70, 71(a), (b), 72(6)(a), (b), 73(2), (3), (4), 75(2), 76(2), 81(2), 82, 86(3), 87(4), 89, 95(a) and 98(7) of, and paragraphs 2(2) and 7(3) of Schedule 2, paragraphs 4(a), (b), (c), and 7(a), (b), (c), (d) of Schedule 4, paragraphs 2(1)(d), 3(2), 14, and 15 of Schedule 6, paragraph 9 of Schedule 8, paragraphs 1(1)(a), (b), 3(a), (b), (c), 5, 6(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), 7, and 8 of Schedule 10, and paragraphs 2(4) and 18(5) of Schedule 12 to, the Land Registration Act 2002, sections 37(7) and 39(1) and (1A) of the Charities Act 1993 M2, sections 34(10) and 57(11) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 M3, paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 4 to the Family Law Act 1996 M4, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following rules:C2
Annotations to the whole text
Marginal citations
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- M2
- M3
- M4
Modifications
- C1
Rules applied (13.10.2003) by The Land Registration Act 2002 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1953), art. 5(1)
- C2
Rules applied (with modifications) (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), arts. 1, 3, Sch.
Contents
- Part: PRELIMINARY
- 1Citation and commencement
- Part 1: THE REGISTER OF TITLE
- 2Form and arrangement of the register of title
- 3Individual registers and more than one registered estate, division and amalgamation
- 4Arrangement of individual registers
- 5Contents of the property register
- 6Property register of a registered leasehold estate
- 7Property register of a registered estate in a rentcharge, a franchise or a profit a prendre in gross
- 8Contents of the proprietorship register
- 9Contents of the charges register
- Part 2: INDICES
- 10Index to be kept under section 68 of the Act
- 11Index of proprietors' names
- 12The day list
- Part 3: APPLICATIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- A13Application for a network access agreement
- 13Form AP1
- 14Electronic delivery of applications
- 15Time at which applications are taken to be made
- 16Applications not in order
- 17Additional evidence and enquiries
- 18Continuation of application on a transfer by operation of law
- 19Objections
- 20Completion of applications
- Part 4: FIRST REGISTRATION
- 21First registration—application by mortgagee
- 22Registration of a proprietor of a charge falling within section 4(1)(g) of the Act
- 23First registration–application form
- 24Documents to be delivered with a first registration application
- 25First registration of mines and minerals
- 26First registration of cellars, flats, tunnels etc
- 27First registration application based on adverse possession or where title documents are otherwise unavailable
- 27AFirst registration – where land is or was listed as land of community value
- 28Duty to disclose unregistered interests that override first registration
- 29First registration–examination of title
- 30Searches and enquiries by the registrar
- 31First registration–foreshore
- 32Mines and minerals–note as to inclusion or exclusion
- 33First registration–entry of beneficial rights
- 34First registration–registration of a proprietor of a legal mortgage not within rule 22 or rule 38
- 35First registration–entry of burdens
- 36First registration–note as to rights of light and air
- 37First registration–notice of lease
- 38Application of the Act to dealings prior to first registration
- Part 5: CAUTIONS AGAINST FIRST REGISTRATION
- 39Definitions
- 40Form and arrangement of the cautions register
- 41Arrangement of individual caution registers
- 42Caution against first registration–application
- 43Withdrawal of a caution against first registration–application
- 44Cancellation of a caution against first registration–application
- 45Other persons who may apply to cancel a caution against first registration
- 46Application for cancellation of a caution against first registration by a person who originally consented
- 47Consent to registration of a caution against first registration
- 48Alteration of the cautions register by the court
- 49Alteration of the cautions register by the registrar
- 50Applications to the registrar to alter the cautions register and service of notice
- 51Alteration of the cautions register—alteration of cautioner
- 52Definition of “the cautioner”
- 53The prescribed periods under section 16(2) and section 18(4) of the Act
- Part 6: REGISTERED LAND: APPLICATIONS, DISPOSITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS ENTRIES
- Applications
- 54Outline applications Repealed
- 54AElectronic dispositions
- 54BElectronic dispositions
- 54CElectronic dispositions
- 54DElectronic dispositions
- 55Priority of applications
- 56Dispositions affecting two or more registered titles
- 57Duty to disclose unregistered interests that override registered dispositions
- Registrable dispositions—Form
- 58Form of transfer of registered estates
- 58AForm and content of prescribed clauses leases
- 59Transfers by way of exchange
- 60Transfer of leasehold land, the rent being apportioned or land exonerated
- Execution by an attorney
- 61Documents executed by attorney
- 62Evidence of non-revocation of power more than 12 months old
- 63Evidence in support of power delegating trustees' functions to a beneficiary
- Covenants
- 64Positive covenants
- 65Indemnity covenants
- 66Modification of implied covenants in transfer of land held under an old tenancy
- 67Covenants implied under Part I of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 and under the Law of Property Act 1925
- 68Additional provision as to implied covenants
- 69Transfer of registered estate subject to a rentcharge
- Mines or minerals
- 70Description of land where mines or minerals situated
- 71Note as to inclusion of mines or minerals in the registered estate
- Miscellaneous entries
- 72Register entries arising from transfers and charges of part
- 72ARegister entries arising in respect of leases within section 27(2)(b) of the Act granted on or after 19 June 2006
- 72BEntries in the tenant’s registered title in respect of notices in the landlord’s registered title
- 72CRegister entries arising from other registrable dispositions
- 73AApplication for register entries for legal easements and profits a prendre
- 76Note as to rights of light or air
- 77No entry in the register of a right of entry in certain leases
- 78Note of variation of lease etc on register Repealed
- 79Determination of registered estates
- 79AAcquisition of the right to manage by a RTM company
- Part 7: NOTICES
- 80Certain interests to be protected by agreed notices
- 81Application for an agreed notice
- 82Application for a ... home rights notice or its renewal
- 83Application for entry of a unilateral notice
- 84Entry of a notice in the register
- 85Removal of a unilateral notice
- 86Cancellation of a unilateral notice
- 87Cancellation of a notice (other than a unilateral notice or a ... home rights notice)
- 87ACancellation of a home rights notice
- 88Registration of a new or additional beneficiary of a unilateral notice
- 89Notice of unregistered interests
- 90Application for entry of a notice under paragraph 5(2) or, in certain cases, paragraph 7(2)(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act
- Part 8: RESTRICTIONS
- 91Standard forms of restriction
- 91ACompletion of standard forms of restriction
- 91BWhere a certificate or consent under a restriction is given by a corporation
- 92Application for a restriction and the prescribed period under section 45(2) of the Act
- 93Persons regarded as having a sufficient interest to apply for a restriction
- 94When an application for a restriction must be made
- 95Form of obligatory restrictions
- 96Application for an order that a restriction be disapplied or modified
- 97Application to cancel a restriction
- 98Applications to withdraw a restriction from the register
- 99Cancellation of a restriction relating to a trust
- 100Entry following a direction of the court regarding overriding priority in connection with a restriction
- Part 9: CHARGES
- 101How ranking of registered charges as between themselves to be shown on register
- 102Alteration of priority of registered charges
- 103Form of charge of registered estate
- 104Application for registration of the title to a local land charge
- 105Overriding statutory charges
- 106Service of notice of overriding statutory charges
- 107Further advances—notice of creation of subsequent charge
- 108Obligations to make further advances
- 109Agreement of maximum amount of security
- 110Consolidation of registered charges
- 111Certificate of registration of company charges
- 111ARegistration of charges by certain overseas companies Repealed
- 112Foreclosure—registration requirements
- 113Variation of the terms of a registered charge
- 114Discharges and releases of registered charges
- 115Discharges and releases of registered charges in electronic form
- 116Transfer of a registered charge
- 116AInformation relating to deeds of postponement in respect of registered charges and noted charges
- Part 10: BOUNDARIES
- 117Definition
- 118Application for the determination of the exact line of a boundary
- 119Procedure on an application for the determination of the exact line of a boundary
- 120Completion of application for the exact line of a boundary to be determined
- 121Relationship between determined and undetermined parts of a boundary
- 122Determination of the exact line of a boundary without application
- 123Agreement about accretion or diluvion
- Part 11: QUALITY OF TITLE
- 124Application to upgrade title under section 62 of the Act
- 125Use of register to record defects in title
- Part 12: ALTERATIONS AND CORRECTIONS
- 126Alteration under a court order—not rectification
- 127Court order for alteration of the register—form and service
- 128Alteration otherwise than pursuant to a court order—notice and enquiries
- 129Alteration otherwise than under a court order—evidence
- 130Correction of mistakes in an application or accompanying document
- Part 13: INFORMATION ETC
- Interpretation of this Part
- 131Definitions
- Delivery of applications and issuing of certificates
- 132Delivery of applications and issuing of certificates by electronic and other means
- Inspection and copying
- 133Inspection and copying
- Official Copies
- 134Application for official copies of a registered title or of any part of it, the cautions register or for a certificate of inspection of the title plan
- 135Application for official copies of documents referred to in the register of title and other documents kept by the registrar or part of them
- Exempt information documents
- 136Application that the registrar designate a document an exempt information document
- 137Application for an official copy of an exempt information document
- 138Application for removal of the designation of a document as an exempt information document
- Transitional period documents
- 139Inspection, copying and official copies of transitional period documents Repealed
- Inspection, official copies and searches of the index of proprietors’ names in connection with investigation or enforcement proceedings
- 140Application in connection with investigation or enforcement proceedings
- Information about the day list, electronic discharges of registered charges and title plans
- 141Day list information
- 142Enquiry as to discharge of a charge by electronic means
- 143Certificate of inspection of title plan
- Historical information
- 144Application for ... historical information about a registered title kept by the registrar in electronic form
- Official searches of the index kept under section 68 of the Act
- 145Searches of the index map
- 146Searches of the index of relating franchises and manors
- Official searches with priority
- 147Application for official search with priority by purchaser
- 148Entry on day list of application for official search with priority
- 149Issue of official search certificate with priority
- 150Withdrawal of official search with priority
- 151Protection of an application on which a protected application is dependent
- 152Protection of an application relating to a pending application for first registration on which a protected application is dependent
- 153Priority of concurrent applications for official searches with priority and concurrent official search certificates with priority
- 154Applications lodged at the same time as the priority period expires
- Official searches without priority
- 155Application for official search without priority
- 156Issue of official search certificate without priority
- Request for information
- 157Information requested by telephone, oral or remote terminal application for an official search
- Official searches for the purpose of the Family Law Act 1996 and information requests
- 158Application for official search for the purpose of the Family Law Act 1996 by a mortgagee
- 159Issue of official search certificate result following an application made by a mortgagee for the purpose of section 56(3) of the Family Law Act 1996
- 160Information requested by an applicant for an official search for the purpose of the Family Law Act 1996
- Part 14: MISCELLANEOUS AND SPECIAL CASES
- Dispositions by operation of law within section 27(5) of the Act
- 161Applications to register dispositions by operation of law which are registrable dispositions
- Death of proprietor
- 162Transfer by a personal representative
- 163Registration of a personal representative
- 164Death of joint proprietor
- Bankruptcy of proprietor
- 165Bankruptcy notice
- 166Bankruptcy restriction
- 167Action of the registrar in relation to bankruptcy entries
- 168Registration of trustee in bankruptcy
- 169Trustee in bankruptcy vacating office
- 170Description of trustee in register
- Overseas insolvency proceedings
- 171Proceedings under the EU Regulation on insolvency proceedings. Repealed
- Pending land actions, writs and orders
- 172Benefit of pending land actions, writs and orders
- The Crown
- 173Escheat etc
- Church of England
- 174Entry of Incumbent on a transfer to the Church Commissioners
- 175Entry of Church Commissioners etc as proprietor
- Charities
- 176Non-exempt charities—restrictions
- 177Registration of trustees incorporated under Part VII of the Charities Act 1993
- 178Registration of official custodian
- 179Statements to be contained in dispositions in favour of a charity
- 180Statements to be contained in dispositions by a charity
- Companies and other corporations
- 181Registration of companies and limited liability partnerships Repealed
- 182Registration of trustees of charitable, ecclesiastical or public trust
- 183Registration of certain corporations
- 183ARegistration of registered social landlords , private registered providers of social housing and unregistered housing associations
- 184Administration orders and liquidation of a company
- 184AHousing administration orders
- 185Note of dissolution of a corporation
- Settlements
- 186Settlements
- Adverse Possession
- 187Interpretation
- 188Applications for registration—procedure
- 188ANotification of application where registered proprietor is a dissolved company
- 189Time limit for reply to a notice of an application
- 190Notice under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 6 to the Act
- 191Adverse possession of rentcharges
- 192Adverse possession of a rentcharge; non-payment of rent
- 193Prohibition of recovery of rent after adverse possession of a rentcharge
- 194Registration as a person entitled to be notified of an application for adverse possession
- 194AArbitration requested by proprietor
- 194BNotice of required apportionment
- 194CApportionment
- 194DBasis of valuation
- 194EReceipt of notice etc
- 194FNotice of apportionment
- 194GCosts
- Indemnity; interest on
- 195Payment of interest on an indemnity
- Statements under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
- 196Statements in transfers or conveyances and leases under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
- Modification of Parts 2 and 3 of the Act in their application to incorporeal hereditaments
- 196APossessory titles to rentcharges
- 196BApplication of sections 11, 12 and 29 of the Act to franchises
- Part 15: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Notices and Addresses for Service
- 197Content of notice
- 198Address for service of notice
- 199Service of notice
- Specialist assistance
- 200Use of specialist assistance by the registrar
- Proceedings before the registrar
- 201Production of documents
- 202Costs
- Retention and return of documents
- 203Retention of documents accompanying an application
- 204Request for the return of certain documents Repealed
- 205Release of documents kept by the registrar
- Forms
- 206Use of forms
- 207Adaptation of certain Schedule 1 forms to provide for direct debit Repealed
- 207AAmendment of certain Schedule 1 forms to provide for explanatory information to be altered
- 208Welsh language forms
- 209Use of non-prescribed forms
- 210Documents in a Schedule 1 form
- 211Electronically produced forms
- 212Documents where no form is prescribed
- Documents accompanying applications
- 213Identification of part of the registered title dealt with
- 214Lodging of copy instead of an original document
- 215Documents and other evidence in support of an application
- 215AStatements of truth
- Land Registry – when open for business
- 216Days on which the Land Registry is open for business
- 216AInterrupted day
- Interpretation
- 217General Interpretation
- 217ADefinition of “conveyancer”
- Part 16: TRANSITIONAL
- Cautions against dealings
- 218Definitions
- 219Consent under a caution
- 220Notice under section 55(1) of the 1925 Act and under rule 223(3)
- 221Cautioner showing cause
- 222Withdrawal of a caution by the cautioner
- 223Cancellation of a caution—application by the proprietor etc
- Rentcharges and adverse possession
- 224Registered rentcharges held in trust under section 75(1) of the 1925 Act on commencement
- Signature
- Schedule 1SCHEDULE 1 FORMS REFERRED TO IN RULES 206, 207A AND 210
- Schedule 1ASchedule 1A
- Schedule 2: NOTICES PUBLICISING ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC AND OTHER MODES OF DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS AND OTHER MATTERS
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- Schedule 3SCHEDULE 3 FORMS REFERRED TO IN RULE 206
- Schedule 4STANDARD FORMS OF RESTRICTION
- Schedule 5APPLICATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATION OR ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS – QUALIFYING APPLICANTS
- Schedule 6: INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN CERTAIN RESULTS OF OFFICIAL SEARCHES
- Part 1: INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL SEARCH OF THE INDEX MAP
- AParagraph A
- BParagraph B
- CParagraph C
- DParagraph D
- Part 2: INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL SEARCH OF THE INDEX OF RELATING FRANCHISES AND MANORS
- AParagraph A
- BParagraph B
- CParagraph C
- DParagraph D
- Part 3: INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL SEARCH OF AN INDIVIDUAL REGISTER OF A REGISTERED TITLE
- AParagraph A
- BParagraph B
- CParagraph C
- DParagraph D
- EParagraph E
- FParagraph F
- GParagraph G
- HParagraph H
- IParagraph I
- JParagraph J
- Part 4: INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL SEARCH WITH PRIORITY IN RELATION TO A PENDING APPLICATION FOR FIRST REGISTRATION
- AParagraph A
- BParagraph B
- CParagraph C
- DParagraph D
- EParagraph E
- FParagraph F
- GParagraph G
- HParagraph H
- IParagraph I
- JParagraph J
- Part 5: INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL SEARCH BY A MORTGAGEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 56(3) OF THE FAMILY LAW ACT 1996
- AParagraph A
- BParagraph B
- CParagraph C
- DParagraph D
- EParagraph E
- FParagraph F
- Schedule 7: SETTLEMENTS
- 1General
- 2First registration—restriction required
- 3Standard forms of restriction applicable to settled land
- 4Transfer of land into settlement
- 5Registered land brought into settlement
- 6Registered land bought with capital money
- 7Duty to apply for restrictions when registered land is settled
- 8Proprietor ceasing in his lifetime to be the tenant for life
- 9Tenant for life or statutory owner entitled to have the settled land vested in him
- 10Registration of statutory owner during a minority otherwise than on death
- 11Registration of special personal representatives
- 12Transfer on the death of the tenant for life
- 13Minority where settlement arises under a will or intestacy
- 14Discharge of registered land from beneficial interests and powers under a settlement
- 15Discharge from liability in respect of beneficial interests and powers under a settlement
- 16Interpretation
- Schedule 8MODIFIED FORM OF SCHEDULE 6 TO THE ACT APPLICABLE TO REGISTERED RENTCHARGES
- Schedule 9FORMS OF EXECUTION
- Explanatory note