The Land Registration Act 2002 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2003

Compulsory first registration

Dispositions void under section 123A of the 1925 Act

22.—(1) After commencement, a void disposition is to be treated for all purposes as an event to which the requirement of registration applied and as a transfer, grant or creation that has become void as a result of the application of section 7(1) of the Act.

(2) In this article “void disposition” means a disposition of unregistered land that, before commencement, has become void as a result of the application of section 123A(5) of the 1925 Act.

Other dispositions affected by section 123A of the 1925 Act

23.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a relevant disposition is to be treated for all purposes after commencement as an event to which the requirement of registration applies.

(2) For the purposes of section 6(4) of the Act, the period for registration is the period that expires at the end of the applicable period referred to in section 123A(3) of the 1925 Act, or such longer period as the registrar may provide under section 6(5) of the Act.

(3) In this article “relevant disposition” means a disposition of unregistered land where—

(a) before commencement section 123A of the 1925 Act applied to it,

(b) no application to register the relevant legal estate in accordance with section 123A(2) of the 1925 Act had been made before commencement, and

(c) immediately before commencement the applicable period referred to in section 123A(3) of the 1925 Act had not expired.