These Rules may be cited as the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2018 and shall come into force on 6th April 2018.
In these Rules—
“the principal Rules” means the Land Registration Rules 2003 S.I. 2003/1417; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/1766, 2005/1982, 2006/594, 2008/574, 2008/1750, 2008/1919, 2009/56, 2009/1996, 2009/2748. 2012/2421, 2013/472, 2013/2318, 2014/834, 2014/2371, 2016/992, 2017/80.
“the Act” means the Land Registration Act 2002.
Parts 2 to 10 and 13 to 16 of the principal Rules are amended as set out in Schedule 1.
Schedules 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 9 to the principal Rules are amended as set out in Parts 1 to 6 of Schedule 2.
The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2013
The Land Registration (Electronic Conveyancing) Rules 2008
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in rules 3 and 4 of these Rules, and
publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
The first report must be published before 6th April 2023.
Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.
Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),
assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,
assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and
if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
In this rule “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).