Land Registration Act 2002
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 50 — Overriding statutory charges: duty of notification
Overriding statutory charges: duty of notification 50 If the registrar enters a person in the register as the proprietor of a charge which— a is created by or under an enactment, and b has effect to…
Section 51 — Effect of completion by registration
Effect of completion by registration 51 On completion of the relevant registration requirements, a charge created by means of a registrable disposition of a registered estate has effect, if it would…
Section 52 — Protection of disponees
Protection of disponees 52 1 Subject to any entry in the register to the contrary, the proprietor of a registered charge is to be taken to have, in relation to the property subject to the charge, the…
Section 53 — Powers as sub-chargee
Powers as sub-chargee 53 The registered proprietor of a sub-charge has, in relation to the property subject to the principal charge or any intermediate charge, the same powers as the sub-chargor.
Section 54 — Proceeds of sale: chargee’s duty
Proceeds of sale: chargee’s duty 54 For the purposes of section 105 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) (mortgagee’s duties in relation to application of proceeds of sale), in its application to…
Section 55 — Local land charges
Local land charges 55 A charge over registered land which is a local land charge may only be realised if the title to the charge is registered.
Section 56 — Receipt in case of joint proprietors
Receipt in case of joint proprietors 56 Where a charge is registered in the name of two or more proprietors, a valid receipt for the money secured by the charge may be given by— a the registered…
Section 57 — Entry of right of consolidation
Entry of right of consolidation 57 Rules may make provision about entry in the register of a right of consolidation in relation to a registered charge.
Section 58 — Conclusiveness
Conclusiveness 58 1 If, on the entry of a person in the register as the proprietor of a legal estate, the legal estate would not otherwise be vested in him, it shall be deemed to be vested in him as…
Section 59 — Dependent estates
Dependent estates 59 1 The entry of a person in the register as the proprietor of a legal estate which subsists for the benefit of a registered estate must be made in relation to the registered…
Section 60 — Boundaries
Boundaries 60 1 The boundary of a registered estate as shown for the purposes of the register is a general boundary, unless shown as determined under this section. 2 A general boundary does not…
Section 61 — Accretion and diluvion
Accretion and diluvion 61 1 The fact that a registered estate in land is shown in the register as having a particular boundary does not affect the operation of accretion or diluvion. 2 An agreement…
Section 62 — Power to upgrade title
Power to upgrade title 62 1 Where the title to a freehold estate is entered in the register as possessory or qualified, the registrar may enter it as absolute if he is satisfied as to the title to…
Section 63 — Effect of upgrading title
Effect of upgrading title 63 1 On the title to a registered freehold or leasehold estate being entered under section 62 as absolute, the proprietor ceases to hold the estate subject to any estate,…
Section 64 — Use of register to record defects in title
Use of register to record defects in title 64 1 If it appears to the registrar that a right to determine a registered estate in land is exercisable, he may enter the fact in the register. 2 Rules may…
Section 65 — Alteration of register
Alteration of register 65 Schedule 4 (which makes provision about alteration of the register) has effect.
Section 66 — Inspection of the registers etc
Inspection of the registers etc 66 1 Any person may inspect and make copies of, or of any part of— a the register of title, b any document kept by the registrar which is referred to in the register…
Section 67 — Official copies of the registers etc
Official copies of the registers etc 67 1 An official copy of, or of a part of— a the register of title, b any document which is referred to in the register of title and kept by the registrar, c any…
Section 68 — Index
Index 68 1 The registrar must keep an index for the purpose of enabling the following matters to be ascertained in relation to any parcel of land— a whether any registered estate relates to the land,…
Section 69 — Historical information
Historical information 69 1 The registrar may on application provide information about the history of a registered title. 2 Rules may make provision about applications for the exercise of the power…
Section 70 — Official searches
Official searches 70 Rules may make provision for official searches of the register, including searches of pending applications for first registration, and may, in particular, make provision about— a…
Section 71 — Duty to disclose unregistered interests
Duty to disclose unregistered interests 71 Where rules so provide— a a person applying for registration under Chapter 1 of Part 2 must provide to the registrar such information as the rules may…
Section 72 — Priority protection
Priority protection 72 1 For the purposes of this section, an application for an entry in the register is protected if— a it is one to which a priority period relates, and b it is made before the end…
Section 73 — Objections
Objections 73 1 Subject to subsections (2) and (3), anyone may object to an application to the registrar. 2 In the case of an application under section 18, only the person who lodged the caution to…
Section 74 — Effective date of registration
Effective date of registration 74 An entry made in the register in pursuance of— a an application for registration of an unregistered legal estate, or b an application for registration in relation to…
Section 75 — Production of documents
Production of documents 75 1 The registrar may require a person to produce a document for the purposes of proceedings before him. 2 The power under subsection (1) is subject to rules. 3 A requirement…
Section 76 — Costs
Costs 76 1 The registrar may make orders about costs in relation to proceedings before him. 2 The power under subsection (1) is subject to rules which may, in particular, make provision about— a who…
Section 77 — Duty to act reasonably
Duty to act reasonably 77 1 A person must not exercise any of the following rights without reasonable cause— a the right to lodge a caution under section 15, b the right to apply for the entry of a…
Section 78 — Notice of trust not to affect registrar
Notice of trust not to affect registrar 78 The registrar shall not be affected with notice of a trust.
Section 79 — Voluntary registration of demesne land
Voluntary registration of demesne land 79 1 Her Majesty may grant an estate in fee simple absolute in possession out of demesne land to Herself. 2 The grant of an estate under subsection (1) is to be…
Section 80 — Compulsory registration of grants out of demesne land
Compulsory registration of grants out of demesne land 80 1 Section 4(1) shall apply as if the following were included among the events listed— a the grant by Her Majesty out of demesne land of an…
Section 81 — Demesne land: cautions against first registration
Demesne land: cautions against first registration 81 1 Section 15 shall apply as if demesne land were held by Her Majesty for an unregistered estate in fee simple absolute in possession. 2 The…
Section 82 — Escheat etc
Escheat etc 82 1 Rules may make provision about— a the determination of a registered freehold estate in land, and b the registration of an unregistered freehold legal estate in land in respect of…
Section 83 — Crown and Duchy land: representation
Crown and Duchy land: representation 83 1 With respect to a Crown or Duchy interest, the appropriate authority— a may represent the owner of the interest for all purposes of this Act, b is entitled…
Section 84 — Disapplication of requirements relating to Duchy land
Disapplication of requirements relating to Duchy land 84 Nothing in any enactment relating to the Duchy of Lancaster or the Duchy of Cornwall shall have effect to impose any requirement with respect…
Section 85 — Bona vacantia
Bona vacantia 85 Rules may make provision about how the passing of a registered estate or charge as bona vacantia is to be dealt with for the purposes of this Act.
Section 85A — Overseas entities
Overseas entities 85A Schedule 4A is about the ownership of registered land by overseas entities and about registrable dispositions made by them.
Section 86 — Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy 86 1 In this Act, references to an interest affecting an estate or charge do not include a bankruptcy application, petition in bankruptcy or bankruptcy order. 2 As soon as practicable…
Section 87 — Pending land actions, writs, orders and deeds of arrangement
Pending land actions, writs, orders and deeds of arrangement 87 1 Subject to the following provisions, references in this Act to an interest affecting an estate or charge include— a a pending land…
Section 88 — Incorporeal hereditaments
Incorporeal hereditaments 88 In its application to— a rentcharges, b franchises, c profits a prendre in gross, or d manors, this Act shall have effect subject to such modification as rules may…
Section 89 — Settlements
Settlements 89 1 Rules may make provision for the purposes of this Act in relation to the application to registered land of the enactments relating to settlements under the Settled Land Act 1925 (c.…
Section 90 — PPP leases relating to transport in London
PPP leases relating to transport in London 90 1 No application for registration under section 3 may be made in respect of a leasehold estate in land under a PPP lease. 2 The requirement of…
Section 91 — Electronic dispositions: formalities
Electronic dispositions: formalities 91 1 This section applies to a document in electronic form where— a the document purports to effect a disposition which falls within subsection (2), and b the…
Section 92 — Land registry network
Land registry network 92 1 The registrar may provide, or arrange for the provision of, an electronic communications network for use for such purposes as he thinks fit relating to registration or the…
Section 93 — Power to require simultaneous registration
Power to require simultaneous registration 93 1 This section applies to a disposition of— a a registered estate or charge, or b an interest which is the subject of a notice in the register, where the…
Section 94 — Electronic settlement
Electronic settlement 94 The registrar may take such steps as he thinks fit for the purpose of securing the provision of a system of electronic settlement in relation to transactions involving…
Section 95 — Supplementary
Supplementary 95 Rules may— a make provision about the communication of documents in electronic form to the registrar; b make provision about the electronic storage of documents communicated to the…
Section 96 — Disapplication of periods of limitation
Disapplication of periods of limitation 96 1 No period of limitation under section 15 of the Limitation Act 1980 (c. 58) (time limits in relation to recovery of land) shall run against any person,…
Section 97 — Registration of adverse possessor
Registration of adverse possessor 97 Schedule 6 (which makes provision about the registration of an adverse possessor of an estate in land or rentcharge) has effect.
Section 98 — Defences
Defences 98 1 A person has a defence to an action for possession of land if— a on the day immediately preceding that on which the action was brought he was entitled to make an application under…