http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/70/body/madeThe Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2018enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2018-01-23LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALESThese Rules further amend the Land Registration Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1417) (the principal Rules), which make detailed provision for land registration in England and Wales under powers contained in the Land Registration Act 2002 (c.9) (the Act). They amend the principal rules as set out in rules 3 to 6 and Schedules 1 and 2 of these Rules. In particular they—insert new rules to allow for all dispositions of registered land that must be registered to be carried out using electronic documents with electronic signatures, once the registrar is satisfied adequate arrangements are in place and publishes a notice to that effect;provide that the notice referred to in (a) must specify the kind or kinds of disposition that can be carried out electronically (for example a transfer), and may limit them to particular types of that kind of disposition (for example a transfer of all the land in a registered title), as services are developed incrementally;revoke the Land Registration (Electronic Conveyancing) Rules 2008, other than the amendments made to the principal Rules by Part 1 of Schedule 2, and make consequential amendments to the principal Rules;allow for inspection and copies of parts of individual registers of title, and parts of documents held by the registrar, as online services;allow for new online historical information services;amend rules about the retention and return of documents by the registrar and revoke those that are superfluous;remove references to the service of notices by the registrar, and objections to applications to the registrar, by fax;clarify the definitions of “working day” and “business day”;allow the registrar to vary arrangements for personal attendance at a land registry office by publication of a notice;add two new standard form restrictions;ease application requirements for certain types of application;allow more flexibility in changing the form used by organisations with statutory powers of investigation and enforcement, who need confidential access to land registry information, and the certificates that must be given by them;update provisions for execution of deeds by overseas companies to reflect the combined effect of sections 43, 44 and 46 of the Companies Act 2006 and regulation 4 of the Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) Regulations 2009;revoke the Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2013 and make consequential amendments to the principal Rules;revoke rule 54 relating to outline applications;correct clerical errors.Citation and commencement1.

These Rules may be cited as the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2018 and shall come into force on 6th April 2018.

Interpretation2.

In these Rules—

(1)

“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.

, and a reference to a rule by number is a reference to the rule so numbered in the principal Rules unless otherwise stated,

(2)

“the Act” means the Land Registration Act 2002.

Amendments to the principal Rules3.

Parts 2 to 10 and 13 to 16 of the principal Rules are amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4.

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.

Revocations5.

The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/1627.

is revoked.

6.

The Land Registration (Electronic Conveyancing) Rules 2008

S.I. 2008/1750.

, except for the amendments to the principal Rules in Part 1 of Schedule 2, are revoked.

Review7.(1)

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)

carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in rules 3 and 4 of these Rules, and

(b)

publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2)

The first report must be published before 6th April 2023.

(3)

Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

(4)

Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015

2015 c.26.

requires that a report published under this rule must, in particular—

(a)

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),

(b)

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,

(c)

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and

(d)

if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

(5)

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).

HenleyParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy22nd January 2018
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Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
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