{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925/section-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925/section-97.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20",
  "legislation_title": "Law of Property Act 1925",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925",
  "path": "section/97",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Priorities as between puisne mortgages.",
  "text": "Every mortgage affecting a legal estate in land made after the commencement of this Act, whether legal or equitable (not being a mortgage protected by the deposit of documents relating to the legal estate affected) shall rank according to its date of registration as a land charge pursuant to the Land Charges Act, 1925.\nThis section does not apply to mortgages or charges to which the Land Charges Act 1972 does not apply by virtue of section 14(3) of that Act (which excludes certain land charges created by instruments necessitating registration under the Land Registration Act 1925 Land Registration Act 2002), or to mortgages or charges of registered landor of land within the jurisdiction of a local deeds registry.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61, SIF 98:2), s. 18, Sch. 3 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 97 substituted (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), ss. 133, 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 2(10) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 97 extended by Middlesex Deeds Act 1940 (c. 34), s. 2(3); amended by Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61), Sch. 3 para. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20/section/97",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:43:09.274032+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."
}