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Section 32.
[F11E+WIn this Schedule “legal representative” means a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes a reserved instrument activity (within the meaning of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 para. 1 substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208, 211, Sch. 21 para. 121(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h) (subject to arts. 6, 9)
2E+WWhere one spouse [F2or civil partner] is entitled by virtue of section 31 to a registrable charge in respect of each of two or more dwelling-houses, only one of the charges to which that spouse [F2or civil partner] is so entitled shall be registered under section 31(10) or under section 2 of the M1Land Charges Act 1972 at any one time, and if any of those charges is registered under either of those provisions the Chief Land Registrar, on being satisfied that any other of them is so registered, shall cancel the registration of the charge first registered.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 4 para. 2 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(2); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Marginal Citations
3(1)Where one spouse [F3or civil partner] is entitled by virtue of section 31 to a charge on an estate in a dwelling-house and the charge is registered under section 31(10) or section 2 of the Land Charges Act 1972, it shall be a term of any contract for the sale of that estate whereby the vendor agrees to give vacant possession of the dwelling-house on completion of the contract that the vendor will before such completion procure the cancellation of the registration of the charge at his expense.E+W
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to any such contract made by a vendor who is entitled to sell the estate in the dwelling-house freed from any such charge.
(3)If, on the completion of such a contract as is referred to in sub-paragraph (1), there is delivered to the purchaser or his [F4legal representative] an application by the spouse [F5or civil partner] entitled to the charge for the cancellation of the registration of that charge, the term of the contract for which sub-paragraph (1) provides shall be deemed to have been performed.
(4)This paragraph applies only if and so far as a contrary intention is not expressed in the contract.
(5)This paragraph shall apply to a contract for exchange as it applies to a contract for sale.
(6)This paragraph shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to a contract for the grant of a lease or underlease of a dwelling-house as it applies to a contract for the sale of an estate in a dwelling-house.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(3); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F4Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208, 211, Sch. 21 para. 121(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h) (subject to arts. 6, 9)
F5Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(3); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Sch. 4 para. 4 heading inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(8); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
4(1)Where a [F7spouse’s or civil partner’s home rights] are a charge on an estate in the dwelling-house and the charge is registered under section 31(10) or under section 2 of the M2Land Charges Act 1972, the Chief Land Registrar shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2), cancel the registration of the charge if he is satisfied—E+W
[F8(a)in the case of a marriage—
(i)by the production of a certificate or other sufficient evidence, that either spouse is dead,
(ii)by the production of an official copy of a decree or order of a court, that the marriage has been terminated otherwise than by death, or
(iii)by the production of an order of the court, that the spouse’s home rights constituting the charge have been terminated by the order, and
(b)in the case of a civil partnership—
(i)by the production of a certificate or other sufficient evidence, that either civil partner is dead,
(ii)by the production of an official copy of an order or decree of a court, that the civil partnership has been terminated otherwise than by death, or
(iii)by the production of an order of the court, that the civil partner’s home rights constituting the charge have been terminated by the order.]
(2)Where—
(a)the marriage [F9or civil partnership] in question has been terminated by the death of the spouse [F10or civil partner] entitled to an estate in the dwelling-house or otherwise than by death, and
(b)an order affecting the charge of the spouse [F11or civil partner] not so entitled had been made under section 33(5),
then if, after the making of the order, registration of the charge was renewed or the charge registered in pursuance of sub-paragraph (3), the Chief Land Registrar shall not cancel the registration of the charge in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) unless he is also satisfied that the order has ceased to have effect.
(3)Where such an order has been made, then, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the spouse [F12or civil partner] entitled to the charge affected by the order may—
(a)if before the date of the order the charge was registered under section 31(10) or under section 2 of the Land Charges Act 1972, renew the registration of the charge, and
(b)if before the said date the charge was not so registered, register the charge under section 31(10) or under section 2 of the Land Charges Act 1972.
(4)Renewal of the registration of a charge in pursuance of sub-paragraph (3) shall be effected in such manner as may be prescribed, and an application for such renewal or for registration of a charge in pursuance of that sub-paragraph shall contain such particulars of any order affecting the charge made under section 33(5) as may be prescribed.
(5)The renewal in pursuance of sub-paragraph (3) of the registration of a charge shall not affect the priority of the charge.
(6)In this paragraph “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under section 16 of the Land Charges Act 1972 or [F13by land registration rules under the Land Registration Act 2002], as the circumstances of the case require.
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(1) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(4); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F8Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(a)(b) substituted (5.12.2005) for Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(a)-(c) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(5); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F9Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(6)(a)(i); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F10Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(6)(a)(ii); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F11Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(6)(b); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F12Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(7); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F13Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(6) substituted (13.10.2003) by 2002 c. 9, ss. 133, 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 34(3) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1) (subject to art. 2(2))
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F14Words in Sch. 4 para. 5 heading substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(11); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
5(1)A [F15spouse or civil partner entitled to home rights] may by a release in writing release those rights or release them as respects part only of the dwelling-house affected by them.E+W
(2)Where a contract is made for the sale of an estate or interest in a dwelling-house, or for the grant of a lease or underlease of a dwelling-house, being (in either case) a dwelling-house affected by a charge registered under section 31(10) or under section 2 of the Land Charges Act 1972, then, without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1), the [F16home rights] constituting the charge shall be deemed to have been released on the happening of whichever of the following events first occurs—
(a)the delivery to the purchaser or lessee, as the case may be, or his [F17legal representative] on completion of the contract of an application by the spouse [F18or civil partner] entitled to the charge for the cancellation of the registration of the charge; or
(b)the lodging of such an application at Her Majesty’s Land Registry.
Textual Amendments
F15Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(1) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(9); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F16Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(10)(a); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F17Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(a) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208, 211, Sch. 21 para. 121(c) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h) (subject to arts. 6, 9)
F18Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(10)(b); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
6E+WA spouse [F19or civil partner] entitled by virtue of section 31 to a charge on an estate or interest may agree in writing that any other charge on, or interest in, that estate or interest shall rank in priority to the charge to which that spouse [F19or civil partner] is so entitled.
Textual Amendments
F19Words in Sch. 4 para. 6 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 15(12); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
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