Part 1 E+W Preliminary

1 Register of title E+W

(1) There is to continue to be a register of title kept by the registrar.

(2) Rules may make provision about how the register is to be kept and may, in particular, make provision about—

(a) the information to be included in the register,

(b) the form in which information included in the register is to be kept, and

(c) the arrangement of that information.

2 Scope of title registration E+W

This Act makes provision about the registration of title to—

(a) unregistered legal estates which are interests of any of the following kinds—

(i) an estate in land,

(ii) a rentcharge,

(iii) a franchise,

(iv) a profit a prendre in gross, and

(v) any other interest or charge which subsists for the benefit of, or is a charge on, an interest the title to which is registered; and

(b) interests capable of subsisting at law which are created by a disposition of an interest the title to which is registered.