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(1)In this Act, references to an interest affecting an estate or charge do not include a [F1bankruptcy application,] petition in bankruptcy or bankruptcy order.

(2)As soon as practicable after registration of a [F2bankruptcy application or] petition in bankruptcy as a pending action under the Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61), the registrar must enter in the register in relation to any registered estate or charge which appears to him to be affected a notice in respect of the pending action.

(3)Unless cancelled by the registrar in such manner as rules may provide, a notice entered under subsection (2) continues in force until—

(a)a restriction is entered in the register under subsection (4), or

(b)the trustee in bankruptcy is registered as proprietor.

(4)As soon as practicable after registration of a bankruptcy order under the Land Charges Act 1972, the registrar must, in relation to any registered estate or charge which appears to him to be affected by the order, enter in the register a restriction reflecting the effect of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45).

(5)Where the proprietor of a registered estate or charge is [F3made] bankrupt, the title of his trustee in bankruptcy is void as against a person to whom a registrable disposition of the estate or charge is made if—

(a)the disposition is made for valuable consideration,

(b)the person to whom the disposition is made acts in good faith, and

(c)at the time of the disposition—

(i)no notice or restriction is entered under this section in relation to the registered estate or charge, and

(ii)the person to whom the disposition is made has no notice of [F4the bankruptcy application or petition] or the adjudication.

(6)Subsection (5) only applies if the relevant registration requirements are met in relation to the disposition, but, when they are met, has effect as from the date of the disposition.

(7)Nothing in this section requires a person to whom a registrable disposition is made to make any search under the Land Charges Act 1972.

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