(1)Any person interested under any unregistered instrument, or interested as a judgment creditor, or otherwise howsoever, in any land or charge registered in the name of any other person, may lodge a caution with the registrar to the effect that no dealing with such land or charge on the part of the proprietor is to be registered until notice has been served upon the cautioner:
Provided that a person whose estate, right, interest, or claim has been registered or protected by a notice or restriction shall not be entitled (except with the consent of the registrar) to lodge a caution in respect of such estate, right, interest, or claim, F1. . ..
(2)a caution lodged under this section shall be supported by such evidence as may be prescribed.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Land Registration Act 1986 (c. 26, SIF 98:2), s. 5(5)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 54 restricted by Matrimonial Houses Act 1983 (c. 19, SIF 49:5), ss. 2(9), 11S. 54 excluded (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 7(1), 67(1), 68(2), Sch. 9 para. 1(3) (with ss. 40(7), 66); S.I. 1994/2553, art.2S. 54 restricted (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, ss. 31(11), 63(4) (with s. 66(2), Sch. 9 paras. 5(1)(b)(ii), 14); S.I. 1997/1892, art.3