The Land Registration Rules 2003

Companies and other corporations E+W

Registration of companies and limited liability partnerships E+W

F1 181.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Rule 181 revoked (10.11.2008) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 54 (with rule 5)

Registration of trustees of charitable, ecclesiastical or public trust E+W

182.—(1) Subject to paragraph [F2 (2)], where a corporation or body of trustees holding on charitable, ecclesiastical or public trusts applies to be registered as proprietor of a registered estate or registered charge, the application must be accompanied by the document creating the trust.

F3 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4 (2)]  Paragraph (1) of this rule does not apply in the case of a registered estate or a registered charge held by or in trust for a non-exempt charity.

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in rule 182(1) substituted (10.11.2008) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 55(a) (with rule 5)

F3 Rule 182(2)(3) omitted (10.11.2008) by virtue of The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 55(b) (with rule 5)

F4 Rule 182(2): renumbered (10.11.2008) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 55(c) (with rule 5)

[F5 Registration of certain corporations] E+W

[F5 183.— (1) Where a corporation to which this rule applies makes an application to be registered as proprietor of a registered estate or registered charge the application must also be accompanied by evidence of the extent of its powers to hold and sell, mortgage, lease and otherwise deal with, or to lend money on a mortgage or charge of, land.

(2) The evidence must include—

(a) the charter, statute, rules, memorandum and articles of association or other documents constituting the corporation, or a certificate given either—

(i) in Form 7 by a qualified lawyer practising in the territory of incorporation of the corporation, where the corporation is incorporated outside the United Kingdom, or

(ii) in Form 8 by the applicant’s conveyancer, in respect of any other corporation to which this rule applies, and

(b) such further evidence as the registrar may require.

(3) This rule applies to any corporation aggregate which is not—

(a) a company incorporated in any part of the United Kingdom under the Companies Acts,

(b) a limited liability partnership incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 or the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, or

(c) a corporation to which rule 182(1) applies.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Rule 183 substituted (10.11.2008) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 56 (with rule 5)

[F6 Registration of registered social landlords [F7 , private registered providers of social housing] and unregistered housing associations E+W

183A.—F8 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9 (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) If an applicant for registration as proprietor of a registered estate or a registered charge is, or holds on trust for, an unregistered housing association within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985 and the application relates to grant-aided land as defined in Schedule 1 to that Act, the application must include a certificate to that effect.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Rule 183A inserted (10.11.2008) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 57 (with rule 5)

F7 Words in rule 183A heading inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/671), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 32(a) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2

F8 Rule 183A(1) omitted (15.8.2018) by virtue of The Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Act 2018 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/870), regs. 1(2), 4(b)

F9 Rule 183A(1A) omitted (6.4.2017) by virtue of The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/378), regs. 1(1), 2

Administration orders and liquidation of a company E+W

184.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a company which is the registered proprietor of a registered estate or registered charge [F10 enters administration] under the Insolvency Act 1986 M1 .

(2) Upon the application of the company's administrator, supported by the order [F11 or the notice of appointment], the registrar must make an entry in the individual register of the relevant registered title as to the making of the order [F11 or the notice of appointment] and the appointment of the administrator.

(3) Paragraphs (4) and (5) apply where a company which is the registered proprietor of a registered estate or registered charge is in liquidation.

(4) Upon the application of the company's liquidator, the registrar must make an entry in the individual register of the relevant registered title as to the appointment of the liquidator.

(5) The application under paragraph (4) must be supported by the order, appointment by the Secretary of State or resolution under which the liquidator was appointed and such other evidence as the registrar may require.

Textual Amendments

F10 Words in rule 184(1) substituted (15.9.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Insolvency) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2096), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 80(a) (with art. 6)

F11 Words in rule 184(1) inserted (15.9.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Insolvency) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2096), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 80(b) (with art. 6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Rule 184(1) modified (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2021/716, Sch. 3 para. 6 (as substituted by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), regs. 1(2), 21(8))

C2 Rule 184(1) modified (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 6 (with reg. 27(a))

C3 Rule 184 modified (31.1.2019) by The Further Education Bodies (Insolvency) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/138), regs. 1(1), 37 (with regs. 1(2), 3(b))

C4 Rule 184(1) modified (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 3 para. 6 (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4)

Marginal Citations

M1 1986 c. 45.

[F12 Housing administration orders E+W

184A.— (1) Paragraph (2) applies where a housing administration order is made under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 in relation to a registered provider which is the registered proprietor of a registered estate or a registered charge.

(2) Upon the application of the registered provider’s housing administrator, supported by the order, the registrar must make an entry in the individual register of the relevant registered title as to the making of the order and the appointment of the housing administrator.

(3) In this rule “housing administration order”, “housing administrator” and “registered provider” have the meanings set out in Chapter 5 of Part 4 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.]

Textual Amendments

F12 Rule 184A inserted (4.7.2018) by The Insolvency of Registered Providers of Social Housing Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/728), regs. 1, 4

Note of dissolution of a corporation E+W

185.  Where a corporation shown in an individual register as the proprietor of the registered estate or of a registered charge has been dissolved, the registrar may enter a note of that fact in the proprietorship register or in the charges register, as appropriate.