# The Land Registration Rules 2003, Article 214: Lodging of copy instead of an original document

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), where a rule requires that an application be accompanied by an original document (for instance, a grant of representation) the applicant may, instead of lodging the original, lodge a certified or office copy of that document.
(2) This rule does not apply to—
(a) any document required to be lodged under Part 4,
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) This rule does not apply ... where the registrar considers that the circumstances are such that the original of a document should be lodged and the applicant has possession, or the right to possession, of that original document.
(4) Where this rule permits a certified or office copy of a document to be lodged the registrar may permit an uncertified copy of the document to be lodged instead.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1417/article/214 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-2003/article-214
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