The Land Registration Fee Order 1988

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 SCALE A

APPLICATIONS FALLING UNDER ARTICLE 2

Value	Fee
£	£
NOTE 1: On application for registration of title by original lessee, fees are payable under this scale on the amount of any premium and also in accordance with Scale B in Schedule 2 on the amount of any annual rent. NOTE 2: For abatement of fee for registration of charge accompanying application to register a transaction for monetary consideration upon which a scale fee is payable see Abatement 1 in Part I of Schedule 4. NOTE 3: For abatement of fee in respect of certain transactions not for monetary consideration see Abatement 2 in Part I of Schedule 4. NOTE 4: Where the amount of the value is a figure which includes pence, the value may be rounded down to the nearest £1.
0—20,000	25
20,001—25,000	30
25,001—30,000	35
30,001—35,000	40
35,001—40,000	50
40,001—45,000	60
45,001—50,000	70
50,001—60,000	80
60,001—70,000	100
70,001—80,000	120
80,001—90,000	140
90,001—100,000	160
100,001—150,000	180
150,001—200,000	200
200,001—300,000	225
300,001—400,000	250
400,001—500,000	275
500,001—600,000	300
600,001—700,000	325
700,001—800,000	350
800,001—900,000	375
900,001—1,000,000	400
1,000,001—2,000,000	500
2,000,001—3,000,000	600
3,000,001—4,000,000	700
4,000,001—5,000,000	800
5,000,001 & over	900

Article 2(2)

SCHEDULE 2 SCALE B

FIRST REGISTRATION BY ORIGINAL LESSEE

Annual Rent	Fee
£	£
NOTE 1: On application for registration of title by original lessee, fees are payable under this scale on the amount of the annual rent and also, if there is a premium, in accordance with Scale A in Schedule 1 on the amount of such premium. NOTE 2: For abatement of fee for registration of charge accompanying application to register a transaction for monetary consideration upon which a scale fee is payable, see Abatement 1 in Part I of Schedule 4. NOTE 3: For abatement of fee for registration of a “Right to Buy” lease, see Abatement 3 in Part I of Schedule 4. NOTE 4: Where the amount of the rent is a figure which includes pence, the rent may be rounded down to the nearest £1.
under 1	0
1—2,500	25
2,501—5,000	50
5,001—7,500	75
7,501—10,000	100
10,001—20,000	200
20,001—30,000	300
30,001—40,000	400
40,001 & over	500

Article 7

SCHEDULE 3

PART I APPLICATIONS

	Fee
(1) To register or modify a caution, restriction, notice (including a priority notice) or inhibition, or a note for which no other provision is made by this Order and for which the Registrar considers a fee should be paid — for each title affected ... ... ... ...	£25
Provided that— (a) no such fee shall be payable if, in relation to each registered title affected, the application is accompanied by an application affecting that title upon which a scale fee is payable; (b) the maximum fee on any one application shall be £250.
(2) To close or partly close a registered leasehold or rentcharge title other than on surrender (whether or not the surrender is for monetary consideration and whether effected by deed or otherwise) — for each title closed or partly closed ... ... ... ...	£25
Provided that no such fee shall be payable if the application is accompanied by an application upon which a scale fee is payable.
(3) To remove land from the register ... ... ... ...	£25
(4) To convert from one class of title to another ... ... ... ...	£25
Provided that no fee shall be payable if the application for conversion is accompanied by an application upon which a scale fee is payable.
(5) To replace a lost or destroyed land certificate or charge certificate (in addition to the cost of any advertisement) ... ... ... ...	£25
(6) First registration of a title to a rentcharge ... ... ... ...	£25
(7) To cancel an entry in the register of notice of an unregistered rentcharge which has determined on merger, redemption or otherwise ... ... ... ...	£25
Provided that no such fee shall be payable if the application is accompanied by an application upon which a scale fee is payable.

PART II SERVICES

(1) Official search of the index of proprietors' names — per name ... ... ... ...	£10
(2) Personal search of the register or any part thereof other than by the registered proprietor ... ... ... ...	£10
(3) Service of notice under rule 288(4) of the Land Registration Rules 1925 (application to inspect register by person interested) ... ... ... ...	£10
(4) To take an affidavit or declaration ... ... ... ...	£3

Article 8

SCHEDULE 4

PART I ABATEMENTS

Charge accompanying application for first registration and registered transactions for monetary consideration

Abatement 1.  Where, on an application (“the primary application”) for:

(a) first registration of land or a lease;

(b) registration of a transfer of registered land or of a registered charge for monetary consideration;

(c) registration of a transfer for the purpose of giving effect to the disposition for monetary consideration of a share in registered land or a registered charge; or

(d) registration of an exchange;

a charge by the applicant or by a predecessor in title of such applicant (in the case of first registration) or by the transferee (in the case of a transfer or exchange) is delivered either with the primary application or before the primary application is completed, no fee shall be payable for the registration of the charge:

Provided that where the charge also comprises registered land (“the additional land”) which is not the subject of the primary application the abatement shall not extend to the additional land so that, in addition to the fee payable in respect of the primary application, there shall be paid a fee in accordance with Scale A in Schedule 1 on an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula:

Certain transactions not for monetary consideration

Abatement 2.  Subject to paragraph 7 of Part II of Schedule 4, in the case of an application for:

(a) a transfer of registered land or a registered charge otherwise than for monetary consideration;

(b) a transfer for the purpose of giving effect to the disposition otherwise than for monetary consideration of a share in registered land or a registered charge;

(c) a transmission on death or bankruptcy;

(d) an assent (including a vesting assent);

(e) an appropriation;

(f) a rectification of the register;

(g) a transfer of a matrimonial home made pursuant to an order of the Court;

the fee payable in accordance with Scale A in Schedule 1 shall be reduced to one fifth:

Provided that the minimum fee on any one application shall be £25.

Leases made under the provisions of Part V Housing Act 1985(1)

Abatement 3.  Where on an application for first registration of a lease made pursuant to the provisions of Part V Housing Act 1985 (Right to Buy) or to any statutory instrument applying the same for which a fee is payable in accordance with Scale B in Schedule 2 on the largest ascertainable amount of annual rent reserved, the fee in accordance with Scale B shall be reduced to one fifth.

PART II EXEMPTIONS

No fee shall be payable in respect of:

(1) making a land certificate or charge certificate correspond with the register;

(2) changing the name, address or description of a registered proprietor or other person referred to on the register, or changing the description of a property;

(3) registering a discharge of a registered charge;

(4) registering a notice or renewal of a caution or notice pursuant to the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983(2);

(5) registering a notice, or a withdrawal of a notice of deposit or intended deposit of a land certificate or charge certificate;

(6) entering on the register the death of a joint proprietor;

(7) registering a disposition to which section 145(2) of the Act (dispositions otherwise than for valuable consideration by personal representatives of a deceased proprietor registered as such) applies;

(8) cancelling the registration of a notice (other than a notice in respect of an unregistered lease or unregistered rentcharge), caution, inhibition, restriction or note;

(9) approving an estate layout plan or any draft document with or without a plan;

(10) supplying an office copy of the register or of the title plan or of any document referred to on the register as being filed;

(11) inspection at the Registrar’s discretion of any document under rule 290(1) of the Land Registration Rules 1925;

(12) a search of the register (except a personal search made by a person other than the registered proprietor);

(13) an official inspection of a filed plan;

(14) subject to article 10(1), a search of the index map;

(15) issuing of a summons under the seal of the Land Registry;

(16) an order by the Registrar;

(17) disclosure to a residential tenant of his landlord’s name and address under rule 288(3) of the Land Registration Rules 1925.

(1)

1985 c. 68.

(2)

1983 c. 19.