The Land Registration Fees Order 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which, as from 1st April 1999, supersedes the Land Registration Fees (No. 2) Order 1997, makes changes to land registration fees.

The changes made by the Order are:

(1) The fee for an application for first registration of title to land is reduced by 25 per cent where the application is voluntary (article 2(5));

(2) An application to register a charge that does not accompany but is lodged before completion of an application for first registration of land where the chargor will become registered as the proprietor of the land is no longer exempt from payment of a fee where the application for first registration is made voluntarily (article 5(5) and (7)).