Land Registration Act 2002 Explanatory Notes

Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 (c. 36)

302.Paragraph 31 amends section 6 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. Under section 6 of that Act, a person making a disposition is not liable under the covenants implied by the Act for anything that was within the prior knowledge of the person to whom the disposition was made. A new subsection is added to exclude liability for any information that was entered in the register of title relating to that interest at the time of the disposition, the register of title being open to public inspection.

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