Local Land Charges Act 1975

1. Introductory Text

2. Definition of local land charges

   1. 1. Local land charges.

   2. 2. Matters which are not local land charges.

3. Local land charges register, registration and related matters

   1. 3. The local land charges register

   2. 4. The appropriate local land charges register.

   3. 5. Registration.

   4. 6. Local authority’s right to register a general charge against land in certain circumstances.

   5. 7. Effect of registering certain financial charges.

4. Searches

   1. 8. Personal searches.

   2. 9. Official searches.

5. Compensation for non-registration or defective official search certificate

   1. 10. Compensation for non-registration or defective official search certificate.

   2. 11. Mortgages, trusts for sale and settled land.

6. Miscellaneous and supplementary

   1. 12. Office copies as evidence.

   2. 13. Protection of solicitors, trustees etc.

   3. 13A. Specification of fees by registering authorities in England

   4. 14. Rules.

   5. 15. Expenses.

   6. 16. Interpretation.

   7. 17. Amendments of other satutory provisions.

   8. 18. Power to amend local Acts.

   9. 19. Repeals and transitional provisions.

   10. 20. Short title etc.

7. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Consequential Amendments

      1. Acts

         1. The Law of Property Act 1925

            1. In section 198 of the Law of Property Act 1925—...

         2. The Land Registration Act 1925

            1. ...

         3. The Ancient Monuments Act 1931

            1. In section 11 of the Ancient Monuments Act 1931, for...

         4. The Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948

            1. In section 14 of the Requisitioned Land and War Works...

            2. . . . . . . . . . ....

         5. The Coast Protection Act 1949

            1. For section 8(8) of the Coast Protection Act 1949 substitute—...

         6. The Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950

            1. ...

         7. The Hill Farming Act 1954

            1. In section 2 of the Hill Farming Act 1954, for...

         8. The Underground Works (London) Act 1956

            1. For section 6(9) of the Underground Works (London) Act 1956...

            2. . . . . . . . . . ....

         9. The Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958

            1. In section 17 of the Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958—...

         10. The Opencast Coal Act 1958

             1. In section 11 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958—

             2. . . . . . . . . . ....

         11. The Rights of Light Act 1959

             1. In the Rights of Light Act 1959—

         12. The Land Drainage Act 1961

             1. In section 30 of the Land Drainage Act 1961, omit...

         13. The Covent Garden Market Act 1961

             1. For section 48(1) of the Covent Garden Market Act 1961...

             2. . . . . . . . . . ....

         14. The Housing Act 1964

             1. ...

         15. The Gas Act 1965

             1. In the Gas Act 1965— (a) for section 5(10) substitute—...

             2. . . . . . . . . . ....

         16. The Agriculture Act 1967

             1. In the Agriculture Act 1967— (a) for section 45(6) substitute—...

         17. The Leasehold Reform Act 1967

             1. In section 19 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967—

             2. . . . . . . . . . ....

             3. . . . . . . . . . ....

             4. . . . . . . . . . ....

             5. . . . . . . . . . ....

         18. The Field Monuments Act 1972

             1. ...

         19. The Land Compensation Act 1973

             1. In the Land Compensation Act 1973— (a) in section 8,...

             2. . . . . . . . . . ....

         20. Measure

             1. The Pastoral Measure 1968

                1. In section 65(5) of the Pastoral Measure 1968, for the...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Repeals