The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2009

Made: 4th September 2009

Laid before Parliament: 16th September 2009

Coming into force: 1st January 2010

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred by section 14 of the Local Land Charges Act 1975[^f00001] and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1

These Rules may be cited as the Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2009 and shall come into force on 1st January 2010.

Amendment to the Local Land Charges Rules 1977

2

The Local Land Charges Rules 1977[^f00002] are amended in accordance with rule 3.

3

In Schedule 3 (fees), in item 5 (personal search fee in respect of one parcel of land), in the second column, for “11.00” substitute “22.00”.

Signed

Signed on the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 28th August 2009

We concur,

Dave Watts — Bob Blizzard — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 4th September 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Rules amend the Local Land Charges Rules 1977 (SI 1977/985) by substituting in Schedule 3 (fees) an increased fee of £22.00 for a personal search in the whole or in part of the register in respect of one parcel of land. The increased fee becomes payable from 1st January 2010.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1975, c.76. Section 14 was amended by section 158 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42) and by section 15(1) of, and paragraphs 82 and 85(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1977/985. Schedule 3 was substituted in its entirety by SI 2003/2502.