The Land Registration Rules 2003

Rule 140

[F1 SCHEDULE 5 E+W APPLICATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATION OR ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS – QUALIFYING APPLICANTS

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 substituted (6.4.2018) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/70), rule 1, Sch. 2 para. 4

• Status of applicant

• An accredited financial investigator falling within section 378(1)(b) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

• An accredited financial investigator falling within section 378(4)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

• An Administrator appointed for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986

• An Administrator appointed under section 13 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987

• An authorised person within the meaning of section 108(15) of the Environment Act 1995

• A Chief Officer of Police or a police officer authorised to apply on behalf of a Chief Officer

• A person authorised to apply by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and having the consent of the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal, to make the application

• A constable

• The Director of Public Prosecutions or a member of the Crown Prosecution Service authorised to apply on behalf of the Directo

• The Director of the Serious Fraud Office or a member of the Serious Fraud Office authorised to apply on behalf of the Director

• The Director General of the National Crime Agency or a National Crime Agency officer authorised to apply on behalf of the Director General

• The Director-General of the Security Service or a member of the Security Service authorised to apply on behalf of the Director-General

• A Head of Department in the Enforcement and Financial Crime Division of the Financial Conduct Authority or a member of staff of the Financial Conduct Authority authorised to apply on behalf of a Head of Department

• The Head of Regulatory Action in the Prudential Regulation Authority or a member of staff of the Prudential Regulation Authority authorised to apply on behalf of the Head of Regulatory Action

• A Liquidator appointed for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986

• The Lord Advocate or a person conducting a prosecution in Scotland on behalf of the Lord Advocate

• An officer of Revenue and Customs

• The Official Assignee for bankruptcy for Northern Ireland or the Official Assignee for company liquidations for Northern Ireland

• An Official Receiver for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986

• A Receiver appointed under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 or the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

• The Scottish Ministers or a person named by them

• A person authorised by [F2 the Secretary of State for Business and Trade]

• A person authorised by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

• A person authorised to apply on behalf of the Bank of England (acting otherwise than in its capacity as the Prudential Regulation Authority)

• A trustee in bankruptcy, being either a trustee in bankruptcy of a person adjudged bankrupt in England and Wales or Northern Ireland or a permanent or interim trustee in the sequestration of a debtor’s estate in Scotland

• A person authorised to apply on behalf of a Fire Authority in England and Wales

• A person authorised to apply on behalf of the Charity Commission]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 38 (with art. 17)