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Law of Property Act 1922

12 & 13 Geo. 5 c. 16 · Enacted 29 June 1922 · Extends to England and Wales

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An Act to assimilate and amend the law of real and personal estate, to abolish copyhold and other special tenures, to amend the law relating to commonable lands and of intestacy, and to amend the Wills Act, 1837, the Settled Land Acts, 1882 to 1890, the Conveyancing Acts, 1881 to 1911, the Trustee Act, 1893, and the Land Transfer Acts, 1875 and 1897.

[29th June 1922]C1I1C2

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

C1

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C2

Act amended (1. 1. 1992) by S.I. 1991/2684, arts. 2(1), 4, Sch.1.

Commencement

I1

Act wholly in force at 1. 1. 1926 by s. 191(2)(as amended, now repealed).

Contents

  1. Part I
  2. 1—3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 5—9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 17—25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  15. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  16. 29—34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  17. Part II: Amendments of the Settled Land Acts
  18. 35—42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  19. 43†Power to sell in consideration of a rentcharge, and extension of section 13 of the Act of 1882.
  20. 44—71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  21. Part III
  22. 72—82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  23. 83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  24. 84, 85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  25. 86. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  26. 87. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  27. 88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  28. 89—108. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  29. Part IV
  30. 109. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  31. 110. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  32. 111, 112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  33. 113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  34. 114—122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  35. 123. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  36. 124—127. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  37. Part V: Abolition of Copyhold and Customary Tenure
  38. Abolition of Copyholds
  39. 128—136. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  40. 137Provisions for the protection of Royal Parks and Gardens.
  41. Part VI: Extinguishment of Manorial Incidents
  42. 138—143. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  43. General Provisions
  44. 144Power to inspect Court Rolls.
  45. 144AManorial documents.
  46. Part VII: Provisions respecting Leaseholds
  47. Conversion of Perpetually Renewable Leaseholds into Long Terms
  48. 145Conversion of perpetually renewable leaseholds.
  49. 146. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  50. Part VIII: Amendment of the Law of Intestacy
  51. 147—151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  52. 152. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  53. 153, 154. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  54. Part IX
  55. 155. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  56. 156. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  57. 157—163. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  58. Part X
  59. 164—187. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  60. Part XI: General Provisions
  61. 188General definitions and jurisdiction of the court.
  62. 189. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  63. 190Special definitions applicable to Part VII.
  64. 191Short title; commencement; extent.
  65. Schedule FIRST SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule FIRST SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  66. Schedule SECOND SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schedule SECOND SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  67. Schedule THIRD SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule THIRD SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  68. Schedule FOURTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schedule FOURTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  69. Schedule FIFTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule FIFTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  70. Schedule SIXTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule SIXTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  71. Schedule SEVENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule SEVENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  72. Schedule EIGHTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schedule EIGHTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  73. Schedule NINTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule NINTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  74. Schedule TENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule TENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  75. Schedule ELEVENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schedule ELEVENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  76. Schedule TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH SCHEDULES. . . . . . . . . .Schedule TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH SCHEDULES. . . . . . . . . .
  77. Schedule FIFTEENTH: Provisions Relating to Perpetually Renewable Leases and Underleases
  78. 1Conversion of perpetually renewable leases into long terms.
  79. 2Conversion of perpetually renewable underleases into long terms.
  80. 3Incidence of equities, incumbrances, and subterms.
  81. 4Title acquired and stamps.
  82. 5Dispositions purporting to create perpetually renewable leaseholds.
  83. 6Satisfaction of existing contracts to grant perpetually renewable interests.
  84. 7Future contracts for renewal and as to leases for lives.
  85. 8Effect of powers to grant renewable leases.
  86. 9Saving of rights and powers under 8 Edw. 7 c. 36.
  87. 10Powers and covenants implied in leases and underleases affected.
  88. 11Liability of lessees and underlessees.
  89. 12Conversion of fines into additional rent.
  90. 13Interest on fines.
  91. 14Provisions respecting commutation of additional rent and other matters.
  92. 15Compensation of lessor’s agents.
  93. 16Disputes to be submitted to the Minister.
  94. 17Power to raise and apply capital for commuting additional rent.
  95. 18Notices.
  96. 19Registered leases and underleases.
  97. 20Office copies and searches.
  98. Schedule SIXTEENTHSchedule SIXTEENTH