Section 13 Protection of solicitors, trustees etc.C3C1C2
England and Wales
A solicitor or a trustee, personal representative, agent or other person in a fiduciary position, shall not be answerable in respect of any loss occasioned by reliance on an erroneous official search certificate or an erroneous office copy of an entry in F1 the local land charges register .
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 13 substituted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 11 (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)
Modifications
- C1
S. 13 extended (01. 01. 1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 76:1), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 37(d); S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2.
- C2
S. 13 extended (prosp.) by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 119(5), 124, 126, Sch. 21 paras. 9(d), 12(2)(3) (the said s. 124 which induces Sch. 21 being repealed (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(7), Sch. 20)
- C3
S. 13 extended by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 98:1), s. 34(2)(d)