Housing Defects Act 1984

12 (1) Section 123 of the [1925 c. 21.] Land Registration Act 1925 (compulsory registration of title) shall apply in relation to a conveyance executed under an agreement entered into in pursuance of section 6 of this Act whether or not the dwelling concerned is in an area in which an Order in Council under section 120 of that Act is for the time being in force.

(2) For the purpose of registration of title to the land acquired by an authority in pursuance of section 6 of this Act—

(a) the authority shall give to the Chief Land Registrar a certificate stating that the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired was entitled to convey that interest subject only to such incumbrances, rights and interests as are stated in the conveyance or summarised in the certificate, and

(b) the Chief Land Registrar shall accept such a certificate as sufficient evidence of the facts stated in it,

but if, as a result, the Chief Land Registrar has to meet a claim against him under the Land Registration Acts 1925 to 1971, the authority shall be liable to indemnify him.

(3) A certificate under sub-paragraph (2) above—

(a) shall be in a form approved by the Chief Land Registrar; and

(b) shall be signed by such officer of the authority or such other person as may be approved by the Chief Land Registrar.