{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-2003/schedule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-2003/schedule-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1417",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Registration Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-rules-2003",
  "path": "schedule/5",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "APPLICATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATION OR ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS – QUALIFYING APPLICANTS",
  "text": "Status of applicant\nAn accredited financial investigator falling within section 378(1)(b) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002\nAn accredited financial investigator falling within section 378(4)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002\nAn Administrator appointed for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986\nAn Administrator appointed under section 13 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987\nAn authorised person within the meaning of section 108(15) of the Environment Act 1995\nA Chief Officer of Police or a police officer authorised to apply on behalf of a Chief Officer\nA person authorised to apply by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and having the consent of the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal, to make the application\nA constable\nThe Director of Public Prosecutions or a member of the Crown Prosecution Service authorised to apply on behalf of the Directo\nThe Director of the Serious Fraud Office or a member of the Serious Fraud Office authorised to apply on behalf of the Director\nThe Director General of the National Crime Agency or a National Crime Agency officer authorised to apply on behalf of the Director General\nThe Director-General of the Security Service or a member of the Security Service authorised to apply on behalf of the Director-General\nA Head of Department in the Enforcement and Financial Crime Division of the Financial Conduct Authority or a member of staff of the Financial Conduct Authority authorised to apply on behalf of a Head of Department\nThe Head of Regulatory Action in the Prudential Regulation Authority or a member of staff of the Prudential Regulation Authority authorised to apply on behalf of the Head of Regulatory Action\nA Liquidator appointed for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986\nThe Lord Advocate or a person conducting a prosecution in Scotland on behalf of the Lord Advocate\nAn officer of Revenue and Customs\nThe Official Assignee for bankruptcy for Northern Ireland or the Official Assignee for company liquidations for Northern Ireland\nAn Official Receiver for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986\nA Receiver appointed under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 or the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers or a person named by them\nA person authorised by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade\nA person authorised by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions\nA person authorised to apply on behalf of the Bank of England (acting otherwise than in its capacity as the Prudential Regulation Authority)\nA trustee in bankruptcy, being either a trustee in bankruptcy of a person adjudged bankrupt in England and Wales or Northern Ireland or a permanent or interim trustee in the sequestration of a debtor’s estate in Scotland\nA person authorised to apply on behalf of a Fire Authority in England and Wales\nA person authorised to apply on behalf of the Charity Commission",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 substituted (6.4.2018) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/70), rule 1, Sch. 2 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 38 (with art. 17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1417/schedule/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:23:26.253122+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."
}