Land Registration Act 2002
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 1 — Register of title
Register of title 1 1 There is to continue to be a register of title kept by the registrar. 2 Rules may make provision about how the register is to be kept and may, in particular, make provision…
Section 1A — Relevant social housing tenancies
Relevant social housing tenancies 1A A leasehold estate in land under a relevant social housing tenancy.
Section 2 — Scope of title registration
Scope of title registration 2 This Act makes provision about the registration of title to— a unregistered legal estates which are interests of any of the following kinds— i an estate in land, ii a…
Section 3 — When title may be registered
When title may be registered 3 1 This section applies to any unregistered legal estate which is an interest of any of the following kinds— a an estate in land, b a rentcharge, c a franchise, and d a…
Section 4 — When title must be registered
When title must be registered 4 1 The requirement of registration applies on the occurrence of any of the following events— a the transfer of a qualifying estate— i for valuable or other…
Section 5 — Power to extend section 4
Power to extend section 4 5 1 The Secretary of State may by order— a amend section 4 so as to add to the events on the occurrence of which the requirement of registration applies such relevant event…
Section 6 — Duty to apply for registration of title
Duty to apply for registration of title 6 1 If the requirement of registration applies, the responsible estate owner, or his successor in title, must, before the end of the period for registration,…
Section 7 — Effect of non-compliance with section 6
Effect of non-compliance with section 6 7 1 If the requirement of registration is not complied with, the transfer, grant or creation becomes void as regards the transfer, grant or creation of a legal…
Section 8 — Liability for making good void transfers etc
Liability for making good void transfers etc 8 If a legal estate is retransferred, regranted or recreated because of a failure to comply with the requirement of registration, the transferee, grantee…
Section 9 — Titles to freehold estates
Titles to freehold estates 9 1 In the case of an application for registration under this Chapter of a freehold estate, the classes of title with which the applicant may be registered as proprietor…
Section 10 — Titles to leasehold estates
Titles to leasehold estates 10 1 In the case of an application for registration under this Chapter of a leasehold estate, the classes of title with which the applicant may be registered as proprietor…
Section 11 — Freehold estates
Freehold estates 11 1 This section is concerned with the registration of a person under this Chapter as the proprietor of a freehold estate. 2 Registration with absolute title has the effect…
Section 12 — Leasehold estates
Leasehold estates 12 1 This section is concerned with the registration of a person under this Chapter as the proprietor of a leasehold estate. 2 Registration with absolute title has the effect…
Section 13 — Appurtenant rights and charges
Appurtenant rights and charges 13 Rules may— a make provision for the registration of the proprietor of a registered estate as the proprietor of an unregistered legal estate which subsists for the…
Section 14 — Rules about first registration
Rules about first registration 14 Rules may— a make provision about the making of applications for registration under this Chapter; b make provision about the functions of the registrar following the…
Section 15 — Right to lodge
Right to lodge 15 1 Subject to subsection (3), a person may lodge a caution against the registration of title to an unregistered legal estate if he claims to be— a the owner of a qualifying estate,…
Section 16 — Effect
Effect 16 1 Where an application for registration under this Part relates to a legal estate which is the subject of a caution against first registration, the registrar must give the cautioner notice…
Section 17 — Withdrawal
Withdrawal 17 The cautioner may withdraw a caution against first registration by application to the registrar.
Section 18 — Cancellation
Cancellation 18 1 A person may apply to the registrar for cancellation of a caution against first registration if he is— a the owner of the legal estate to which the caution relates, or b a person of…
Section 19 — Cautions register
Cautions register 19 1 The registrar must keep a register of cautions against first registration. 2 Rules may make provision about how the cautions register is to be kept and may, in particular, make…
Section 20 — Alteration of register by court
Alteration of register by court 20 1 The court may make an order for alteration of the cautions register for the purpose of— a correcting a mistake, or b bringing the register up to date. 2 An order…
Section 21 — Alteration of register by registrar
Alteration of register by registrar 21 1 The registrar may alter the cautions register for the purpose of— a correcting a mistake, or b bringing the register up to date. 2 Rules may make provision…
Section 22 — Supplementary
Supplementary 22 In this Chapter, “ the cautioner ”, in relation to a caution against first registration, means the person who lodged the caution, or such other person as rules may provide.
Section 23 — Owner’s powers
Owner’s powers 23 1 Owner’s powers in relation to a registered estate consist of— a power to make a disposition of any kind permitted by the general law in relation to an interest of that…
Section 24 — Right to exercise owner’s powers
Right to exercise owner’s powers 24 A person is entitled to exercise owner’s powers in relation to a registered estate or charge if he is— a the registered proprietor, or b entitled to be registered…
Section 25 — Mode of exercise
Mode of exercise 25 1 A registrable disposition of a registered estate or charge only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as rules may provide. 2 Rules may apply…
Section 26 — Protection of disponees
Protection of disponees 26 1 Subject to subsection (2), a person’s right to exercise owner’s powers in relation to a registered estate or charge is to be taken to be free from any limitation…
Section 27 — Dispositions required to be registered
Dispositions required to be registered 27 1 If a disposition of a registered estate or registered charge is required to be completed by registration, it does not operate at law until the relevant…
Section 28 — Basic rule
Basic rule 28 1 Except as provided by sections 29 and 30, the priority of an interest affecting a registered estate or charge is not affected by a disposition of the estate or charge. 2 It makes no…
Section 29 — Effect of registered dispositions: estates
Effect of registered dispositions: estates 29 1 If a registrable disposition of a registered estate is made for valuable consideration, completion of the disposition by registration has the effect of…
Section 30 — Effect of registered dispositions: charges
Effect of registered dispositions: charges 30 1 If a registrable disposition of a registered charge is made for valuable consideration, completion of the disposition by registration has the effect of…
Section 31 — Inland Revenue charges
Inland Revenue charges 31 The effect of a disposition of a registered estate or charge on a charge under section 237 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (c. 51) (charge for unpaid tax) is to be…
Section 32 — Nature and effect
Nature and effect 32 1 A notice is an entry in the register in respect of the burden of an interest affecting a registered estate or charge. 2 The entry of a notice is to be made in relation to the…
Section 33 — Excluded interests
Excluded interests 33 No notice may be entered in the register in respect of any of the following— a an interest under— i a trust of land, or ii a settlement under the Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18),…
Section 34 — Entry on application
Entry on application 34 1 A person who claims to be entitled to the benefit of an interest affecting a registered estate or charge may, if the interest is not excluded by section 33, apply to the…
Section 35 — Unilateral notices
Unilateral notices 35 1 If the registrar enters a notice in the register in pursuance of an application under section 34(2)(b) (“ a unilateral notice ”), he must give notice of the entry to— a the…
Section 36 — Cancellation of unilateral notices
Cancellation of unilateral notices 36 1 A person may apply to the registrar for the cancellation of a unilateral notice if he is— a the registered proprietor of the estate or charge to which the…
Section 37 — Unregistered interests
Unregistered interests 37 1 If it appears to the registrar that a registered estate is subject to an unregistered interest which— a falls within any of the paragraphs of Schedule 1, and b is not…
Section 38 — Registrable dispositions
Registrable dispositions 38 Where a person is entered in the register as the proprietor of an interest under a disposition falling within section 27(2)(b) to (e), the registrar must also enter a…
Section 39 — Supplementary
Supplementary 39 Rules may make provision about the form and content of notices in the register.
Section 40 — Nature
Nature 40 1 A restriction is an entry in the register regulating the circumstances in which a disposition of a registered estate or charge may be the subject of an entry in the register. 2 A…
Section 41 — Effect
Effect 41 1 Where a restriction is entered in the register, no entry in respect of a disposition to which the restriction applies may be made in the register otherwise than in accordance with the…
Section 42 — Power of registrar to enter
Power of registrar to enter 42 1 The registrar may enter a restriction in the register if it appears to him that it is necessary or desirable to do so for the purpose of— a preventing invalidity or…
Section 43 — Applications
Applications 43 1 A person may apply to the registrar for the entry of a restriction under section 42(1) if— a he is the relevant registered proprietor, or a person entitled to be registered as such…
Section 44 — Obligatory restrictions
Obligatory restrictions 44 1 If the registrar enters two or more persons in the register as the proprietor of a registered estate in land, he must also enter in the register such restrictions as…
Section 45 — Notifiable applications
Notifiable applications 45 1 Where an application under section 43(1) is notifiable, the registrar must give notice of the application, and of the right to object to it, to— a the proprietor of the…
Section 46 — Power of court to order entry
Power of court to order entry 46 1 If it appears to the court that it is necessary or desirable to do so for the purpose of protecting a right or claim in relation to a registered estate or charge,…
Section 47 — Withdrawal
Withdrawal 47 A person may apply to the registrar for the withdrawal of a restriction if— a the restriction was entered in such circumstances as rules may provide, and b he is of such a description…
Section 48 — Registered charges
Registered charges 48 1 Registered charges on the same registered estate, or on the same registered charge, are to be taken to rank as between themselves in the order shown in the register. 2 Rules…
Section 49 — Tacking and further advances
Tacking and further advances 49 1 The proprietor of a registered charge may make a further advance on the security of the charge ranking in priority to a subsequent charge if he has not received from…