LegalizeThe Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1991
Made: 20th November 1991
Coming into force: 16th March 1992
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 132 of the Land Registration Act 1925[^f00001], and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—
Title, commencement and interpretation
1
- (1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1989[^f00002], may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 16th March 1992.
- (2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
- “the Act” means the Land registration Act 1925;
- “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
2
- (1)
- (a) There shall continue to be district registries bearing the names and at the places specified in column 1 in Part I of the Schedule.
- (b) On and after the date specified in column 1 in Part II of the Schedule there shall be a new district registry bearing the name and at the place specified in that column.
- (2) Each district registry shall be the proper office for the purposes of the registration of titles to land wholly or partly in its district, which shall comprise the administrative areas specified opposite its name in columns 2 and 3 in both Parts of the Schedule:
SCHEDULE
PART I — CONTINUING DISTRICT REGISTRIES
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| District Registry | Counties (including the Isles of Scilly) | London Boroughs (including the City and the Temples) |
| The Birkenhead District Land Registry at Birkenhead | Cheshire Merseyside Staffordshire | Hammersmith and Fulham Kensington and Chelsea |
| The Coventry District Land Registry at Coventry | West Midlands | |
| The Croydon District Land Registry at Croydon | Bexley Bromley Croydon Sutton | |
| The Durham District Land Registry at Durham | Cleveland Cumbria Durham Northumberland Surrey Tyne and Wear North Yorkshire (only before 5th October 1992) | |
| The Gloucester District Land Registry at Gloucester | Berkshire Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Warwickshire Wiltshire | |
| The Harrow District Land Registry at Harrow on the Hill | Barnet Brent The City of London The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple Camden City of Westminster Harrow Islington | |
| The Kingston upon Hull District Land Registry at Kingston upon Hull | Humberside Lincolnshire Norfolk Suffolk | |
| The Leicester District Land Registry at Leicester | Buckinghamshire Leicestershire | |
| The Lytham District Land Registry at Lytham St. Annes | Greater Manchester Lancashire | |
| The Nottingham District Land Registry at Nottingham | Derbyshire Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire | |
| The Peterborough District Land Registry at Peterborough | Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Northamptonshire | |
| The Plymouth District Land Registry at Plymouth | Avon Cornwall Devon Isles of Scilly Somerset | |
| The Portsmouth District Land Registry at Portsmouth | East Sussex Isle of Wight | |
| The Stevenage District Land Registry at Stevenage | Hertfordshire | Barking and Dagenham Enfield Hackney Haringey Havering Newham Redbridge Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest |
| The Swansea District Land Registry at Swansea | Hereford and Worcester All counties in Wales | Ealing Hillingdon Hounslow |
| The Telford District Land Registry at Telford | Shropshire | Greenwich Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Richmond upon Thames Southwark Wandsworth |
| The Tunbridge Wells District Land Registry at Tunbridge Wells | Kent | |
| The Weymouth District Land Registry at Weymouth | Dorset Hampshire West Sussex |
PART II — NEW DISTRICT REGISTRY
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| District Registry | Counties (including the Isles of Scilly) | London Boroughs (including the City and the Temples) |
| The York District Land Registry at York on and after 5th October 1992 | North Yorkshire |
Signed
Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 13th November 1991
We concur,
Gregory Knight — Nicholas Baker — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 20th November 1991
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1989, constitutes a new district land registry at York. The Order also transfers responsibility for the registration of titles:—
- (a) in the county of the Isle of Wight from the Weymouth to the Portsmouth District Land Registry as from 16th March 1992;
- (b) in the London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea from the Harrow to the Birkenhead District Land Registry as from the 16th March 1992;
- (c) in the county of North Yorkshire from the Durham to the York District Land Registry as from 5th October 1992.
The areas of the remaining district registries at Coventry, Croydon, Gloucester, Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Lytham, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Stevenage, Swansea, Telford, and Tunbridge Wells are unchanged.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1925 c. 21.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1989/1902.
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