The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1987

Made: 25th February 1987

Coming into force: 1st June 1987

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 132 and 133 of the Land Registration Act 1925[^f00001] and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—

Title, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st June 1987.

• (2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act” means the Land Registration Act 1925;

• “application” means an application made or delivered under the Land Registration (Delivery of Applications) Rules 1986[^f00002] or the Land Registration (Official Searches) Rules 1986[^f00003] and includes a notice or other instrument so made or delivered;

• “district registry” means a district registry of the Land Registry within the meaning of section 132 of the Act;

• “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.

District Registries

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• (1) There shall be district registries bearing the names and at the places specified in column 1 of the Schedule.

• (2) Each district registry shall be the proper office for the registration of titles to land and for the delivery of any application relating to land in its district, which shall comprise the administrative areas specified opposite its name in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule: Provided that—

• (a) the county of Leicestershire shall not form part of the district of the Nottingham District Land Registry before 1st July 1987 and shall not form part of the district of the Peterborough District Land Registry on or after that date;

• (b) the county of Essex shall not form part of the district of the Peterborough District Land Registry before 1st October 1987 and shall not form part of the district of the Stevenage District Land Registry on or after that date;

• (c) the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow shall not form part of the district of the Swansea District Land Registry before 1st October 1987 and shall not form part of the district of the Harrow District Land Registry on or after that date; and the provisions of the Schedule shall be construed accordingly.

• (3) The district registrar appointed for each district shall have the powers and indemnity conferred by section 133 of the Act: Provided that—

• (a) nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as giving a district registrar any powers or duties which are exercisable only by the Chief Land Registrar; and

• (b) all powers and duties of the district registrar shall be exercised under the general direction and authority of the Chief Land Registrar.

Delivery of applications at the proper office

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No application shall be duly delivered until it is delivered at the proper office, namely:—

• (a) where an application relates to land wholly within a district, the district registry for that district;

• (b) where an application relates to land in two or more districts, any one of the district registries for those districts.

Revocation

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The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1984[^f00004] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — DISTRICT REGISTRIES

Signed

Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C. — Dated 12th February 1987

We concur

Peter Lloyd — Michael Neubert — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 25th February 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order which replaces the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1984 transfers responsibility for the registration of titles:—

• (a) in the county of Staffordshire from the Nottingham to the Birkenhead District Land Registry as from 1st June 1987;

• (b) in the county of Leicestershire from the Peterborough to the Nottingham District Land Registry as from 1st July 1987;

• (c) in the county of Essex from the Stevenage to the Peterborough District Land Registry as from 1st October 1987;

• (d) in the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow from the Harrow to the Swansea District Land Registry as from 1st October 1987;

The areas of the remaining district registries at Croydon, Durham, Gloucester, Lytham, Plymouth, Tunbridge Wells and Weymouth are unchanged.

The Order continues the requirement that applications for registration shall be delivered at the appropriate district registry, as defined in the Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1925 c. 21.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1986/1534.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1986/1536.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1984/1579.