2 Registration authorities.E+W

(1)The registration authority for the purposes of this Act shall be—

(a)in relation to any land situated in any county . . . F1, the council of that county . . . F1[F2or, if the county is a metropolitan county, the council of the metropolitan district in which the land is situated];and

(b)in relation to any land situated in Greater London, the [F3council of the London borough in which the land is situated];

except where an agreement under this section otherwise provides.

(2)Where part of any land is in the area of one registration authority and part in that of another the authorities may by agreement provide for one of them to be the registration authority in relation to the whole of the land.

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