Explanatory note

These Regulations enable district, county and London borough councils, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly to make charges for answering enquiries (other than enquiries pursuant to the Local Land Charges Act 1975) about the exercise of their functions, where the enquiries are made in connection with land transactions. The amount of the charges are to be at the discretion of the charging authority, which is required in setting charges to have regard to the costs of answering such enquiries.