# The Registration of Title Order 1987

S.I. 1987/939 · made 18 May 1987

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 December 1987 and to those mentioned in article 2(1)(b) with effect from 1st March 1988. In addition, by article 2(1)(c), compulsory registration which, in the district of Ribble Valley, applies only to the parish of Simonstone is extended to the whole of the district with effect from 1st March 1988.

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

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-title-order-1987/pdf/uksi_19870939_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 18th May 1987
Coming into force 1st December 1987
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of May 1987
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 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Title Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st December 1987.
(2) In this Order “remainder of the district of Ribble Valley” means that part of the district of Ribble Valley in which registration of land is not declared to be compulsory on sale by article 16 of the Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986.

## 2 

(1) In addition to the areas mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule to the Registration of Title Order 1985 and in article 16 of the Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986 (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 December 1987, in the districts of Copeland, Derbyshire Dales, Derwentside, Eden, High Peak, South Lakeland, Teesdale and Wear Valley;
(b) on and after 1st March 1988, in the districts of Brecknock, Colwyn, East Hampshire, Glyndŵr, Hart, Lancaster, Montgomeryshire, Radnor, Rushmoor, Test Valley, Winchester, Wrexham Maelor, Wyre and Ynys Môn—Isle of Anglesey; and
(c) on and after 1st March 1988, in the remainder of the district of Ribble Valley.
(2) Accordingly, on and after 1st March 1988, 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 March 1988, the Registration of Title Order 1985 shall cease to have effect.

## Signature

G.I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council

## 

(1)
(2)
County (including Greater London)
Areas of compulsory registration
Avon
The whole county
Bedfordshire
The whole county
Berkshire
The whole county
Buckinghamshire
The whole county
Cambridgeshire
The districts of Cambridge, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
The whole county
Cleveland
The whole county
Clwyd
The whole county
Cornwall
The districts of Caradon and Restormel
Cumbria
The whole county
Derbyshire
The whole county
Devon
The districts of East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon, Plymouth, South Hams, Teignbridge and Torbay
Dorset
The districts of Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Weymouth and Portland, and Wimborne
Durham
The whole county
Dyfed
The district of Llanelli
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 district of Ynys Môn—Isle of Anglesey
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
Kent
The whole county
Lancashire
The whole county
Leicestershire
The whole county
Lincolnshire
The district of Lincoln
Merseyside
The whole county
Mid Glamorgan
The whole county
Norfolk
The districts of Great Yarmouth and Norwich
Northamptonshire
The whole county
Northumberland
The districts of Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth and Wansbeck
North Yorkshire
The districts of Craven, Harrogate, Selby and York
Nottinghamshire
The whole county
Oxfordshire
The whole county
Powys
The whole county
Shropshire
The districts of Bridgnorth and The Wrekin
Somerset
The districts of Taunton Deane and West Somerset
South Glamorgan
The whole county
South Yorkshire
The whole county
Staffordshire
The districts of Cannock Chase, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent and Tamworth
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 December 1987 and to those mentioned in article 2(1)(b) with effect from 1st March 1988. In addition, by article 2(1)(c), compulsory registration which, in the district of Ribble Valley, applies only to the parish of Simonstone is extended to the whole of the district with effect from 1st March 1988.

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