Law of Property Act 1925

1925 CHAPTER 20 15 and 16 Geo 5

X1 An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to conveyancing and the law of property in England and Wales.

[9th April 1925]

Editorial Information

X1 A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act: 1964 c. 63 to be construed as one with this Act by virtue of 1964 c. 63, s. 4(1)

C2 Act applied by Land Registration Act 1925 (c. 21), ss. 36, 38, 69(3); and S.R. & O. 1925/1093 (Rev. XII, p. 81: 1925, p. 717)

Act applied by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 (c. 50), s. 8(4)

Act applied by Finance Act 1949 (c. 47), s. 40(4)(b)

Act applied by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 81(3)

Act applied by Housing Act 1964 (c. 56), s. 80(5)

Act applied by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 107(2)

Act applied (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 69(3); S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 25

Act applied (5.1.1994) by 1990 c. 43, s. 81A(8) (as inserted (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 40, ss. 10(2), 12(1)(2)

Act applied (21.9.1995 for E. specified purposes and 1.4.2000 for E. in so far as not already in force and 14.9.2001 for W.) by 1990 c. 43, s. 78P(11) (as inserted 21.9.1995 for E. specified purposes and 1.4.2000 for E. in so far as not already in force and 14.9.2001 for W.) by 1995 c. 25, s. 57 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 2000/340, art. 2; S.I. 2001/3211, art. 2(a)

Act applied (17.12.1996) by 1996 c. 53, s. 88(5)(b); S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3

Act applied (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 23(2) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 2

Act applied (19.9.2007) by the London Local Authorities Act 2007 (c. ii), s. 77(2)

C3 Act extended by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 291(4)

C4 Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C5 Definition of "trust for sale" in this Act applied (25.9.1991) by Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33, SIF 28:1), Sch. 3 para. 7(4) (as added by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1), s. 66, Sch. 14 para. 2; S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3)

Definition of "conveyance" in this Act applied (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 182, 225(2), Sch. 23 para. 7(1)

Definition of "convey" in this Act applied (19.12.1991) by Commercial and Private Bank Act 1991 (c. xxii), s. 11(7)

C6 Act (except s. 75) amended (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2684, arts. 2, 4, Sch. 1

C7 Act applied (1.3.2009 with application as mentioned in reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/153), reg. 27(8)

Commencement Information

I1 Act wholly in force at 1.1.1926, see s. 209(2)