# The Registration of Title (No. 2) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1854 · made 26 October 1988

This Order extends the system of compulsory registration of title on sale of land to the districts mentioned in article 2(1)(a) with effect from 1st February 1989 and, to those mentioned in article 2(1)(b) with effect from 1st December 1989.

Made under: 1925 c. 21 (Section 120); London Government Act 1963 (Section 80, Section 90)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-title-no-2-order-1988/pdf/uksi_19881854_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 26th October 1988
Coming into force 1st February 1989
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of October 1988
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 120(1) and (6) of the Land Registration Act 1925 and sections 80(2) and 90 of the London Government Act 1963, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, as follows:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Registration of Title (No. 2) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st February 1989.

## 2 

(1) In addition to the areas mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule to the Registration of Title Order 1988 (being the areas in England and Wales in which registration of title to land is already compulsory on sale) registration of title shall be compulsory on sale,
(a) on and after 1st February 1989 in the districts of East Lindsey and West Lindsey, and
(b) on and after 1st December 1989 in the districts of Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Boston, Breckland, Broadland, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Mendip, North Kesteven, North Norfolk, Sedgemoor, South Holland, South Kesteven, South Norfolk, South Somerset and Tynedale.
(2) Accordingly, on and after 1st December 1989, registration of title to land shall be compulsory on sale in the areas mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order.

## 3 

As from 1st December 1989 the Registration of Title Order 1988 shall cease to have effect.

## Signature

G.I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council

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(1)
(2)
County or Administrative area
Areas of compulsory registration
Avon
The whole county
Bedfordshire
The whole county
Berkshire
The whole county
Buckinghamshire
The whole county
Cambridgeshire
The whole county
Cheshire
The whole county
Cleveland
The whole county
Clwyd
The whole county
Cornwall
The whole county
Cumbria
The whole county
Derbyshire
The whole county
Devon
The whole county
Dorset
The districts of Bournemouth, Christchurch, East Dorset, Poole, and Weymouth and Portland
Durham
The whole county
Dyfed
The whole county
East Sussex
The whole county
Essex
The districts of Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock and Uttlesford
Gloucestershire
The whole county
Greater London
The whole administrative area
Greater Manchester
The whole county
Gwent
The whole county
Gwynedd
The whole county
Hampshire
The whole county
Hereford and Worcester
The districts of Bromsgrove, Hereford, Redditch and Worcester
Hertfordshire
The whole county
Humberside
The whole county
Isle of Wight
The whole county
Isles of Scilly
The whole administrative area
Kent
The whole county
Lancashire
The whole county
Leicestershire
The whole county
Lincolnshire
The whole county
Merseyside
The whole county
Mid Glamorgan
The whole county
Norfolk
The whole county
Northamptonshire
The whole county
Northumberland
The whole county
North Yorkshire
The whole county
Nottinghamshire
The whole county
Oxfordshire
The whole county
Powys
The whole county
Shropshire
The districts of Bridgnorth and The Wrekin
Somerset
The whole county
South Glamorgan
The whole county
South Yorkshire
The whole county
Staffordshire
The whole county
Suffolk
The districts of Ipswich and Waveney
Surrey
The whole county
Tyne and Wear
The whole county
Warwickshire
The whole county
West Glamorgan
The whole county
West Midlands
The whole county
West Sussex
The whole county
West Yorkshire
The whole county
Wiltshire
The districts of Thamesdown and West Wiltshire

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order extends the system of compulsory registration of title on sale of land to the districts mentioned in article 2(1)(a) with effect from 1st February 1989 and, to those mentioned in article 2(1)(b) with effect from 1st December 1989.

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