The Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1994

Made: 28th January 1994

Coming into force: 28th March 1994

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 10(1)(b), 16(1) and 17(1) of the Land Charges Act 1972[^f00001], hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

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These Rules may be cited as the Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1994 and shall come into force on 28th March 1994.

Interpretation

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In these Rules a rule referred to by number means a rule so numbered in the Land Charge Rules 1974[^f00002].

Amendment to rule 16

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After paragraph (4) of rule 16 there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

(5) An application for an official search in the index may be made to the registrar’s computer system by means of an applicant’s remote terminal in accordance with section 10(1)(b) (a requisition communicated by teleprinter, telephone or other means) and if so made the applicant shall provide, in such order as may be requested, such of the particulars as are appropriate and are required for an application made in Form K15 or K16.

Amendment to rule 19

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After paragraph (4) of rule 19 there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

(5) Where the applicant has a credit account and the prescribed fee is debited by the registrar to that account, an application for an office copy of an entry in a register may also be made to the registrar’s computer system by means of the applicant’s remote terminal and if so made the applicant shall provide, in such order as may be requested, such of the particulars as are appropriate and are required for an application in Form K19.

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 28th January 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Rules amend the Land Charges Rules 1974 to permit an application for an official search in the index under section 10(1)(b) of the Land Charges Act 1972 to be made to the registrar’s computer system by means of the applicant’s remote terminal. Additionally, the Rules provide that an application for an office copy of an entry may also be made to the registrar’s computer system by means of the applicant’s remote terminal, if the fee is debited to the applicant’s credit account, and prescribe the form to be used.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 61.

[^f00002]: S.I.1974/1286; relevant amending instrument is S.I.1990/485.