Land Registration and Land Charges Act 1971

8 Provision of credit accounting facilities

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of section 19 of the Land Charges Act 1925 (power to make general rules for carrying that Act into effect), rules under that subsection may make provision for enabling the registrar to provide credit accounting facilities in respect of fees payable by virtue of that Act, and may provide that, for such purposes of that Act or of rules made thereunder as may be specified in the rules, the debiting of such a fee to a credit account maintained at the registry shall be treated as payment of that fee.

(2) Rules made by virtue of subsection (1) above may include provision for the termination or general suspension of any credit accounting facilities provided under the rules or for their withdrawal or suspension in particular cases at the discretion of the registrar.