Where one spouseF1 or civil partner is entitled by virtue of Article 5 to a registrable matrimonialF1 or civil partnership charge in respect of each of two or more dwelling-houses, only one of the charges to which that spouseF1 or civil partner is so entitled shall be effectively registered under Article 6 at any one time.

The registration of a matrimonialF1 or civil partnership charge, in respect of any dwelling-house, in favour of one spouseF1 or civil partner shall cease to have effect upon the registration of a matrimonialF1 or civil partnership charge, in respect of any other dwelling-house, in favour of that spouseF1 or civil partner.

A spouseF1 or civil partner applying for registration of a matrimonialF1 or civil partnership charge shall notify the registrar to whom the application is made, of any subsisting registered matrimonialF1 or civil partnership charge in respect ofF1 home rights to which that spouseF1 or civil partner is entitled.

The Department of the Environment may make regulations prescribing the circumstances and manner in which the registration of a matrimonialF1 or civil partnership charge which has ceased to have effect by virtue of paragraph (2) shall be cancelled.