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(1)The enactments specified in Schedule 1 are amended in accordance with that Schedule, the amendments being consequential on the provisions of this Act.
(2)The enactments specified in Schedule 2 are repealed to the extent specified.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4 (so far as relating to Sch. 1 Pt. I) restricted (1.4.1998) by S. I. 1997/3036, art.3
Commencement Information
I1S. 4 wholly in force: s. 4(1)(2) partly in force at 27.4.1997, see s. 5(2) and wholly in force at 1.4.1998 by S.I. 1997/3036, arts. 2, 3
(1)This Act may be cited as the Land Registration Act 1997.
(2)The following provisions, namely—
(a)section 1,
(b)Part I of Schedule 1 and section 4(1) so far as relating thereto, and
(c)Part I of Schedule 2 and section 4(2) so far as relating thereto,
come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.
(3)Otherwise this Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
(4)The provisions substituted by section 1 apply only in relation to dispositions made after the commencement of those provisions.
(5)The new section 83 substituted by section 2 applies in relation to any claim for indemnity made before the commencement of section 2 which has not been settled by agreement or finally determined by that time, as well as in relation to claims for indemnity made thereafter; but subsection (5)(c) of the new section 83 applies only to costs and expenses incurred in respect of proceedings, negotiations or other matters begun after the commencement of section 2.
(6)An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional provisions and savings as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate in connection with the order.
(7)This Act extends to England and Wales only.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 5(2): s. 5(2) power fully exercised (9.12.1997) by S.I.1997/3036