SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Transfer of responsibility for local land charges to Land Registry
PART 1Amendments to the Local Land Charges Act 1975
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Section 9 (official searches) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
omit “appropriate”, and
b
for “registering authority” substitute “Chief Land Registrar”.
3
Omit subsection (2).
4
For subsections (3) and (3A) substitute—
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The prescribed fee (if any) shall be payable in the prescribed manner in respect of any requisition made under this section.
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In subsection (4)—
a
for “a registering authority” substitute “the Chief Land Registrar”,
b
omit “or (3A)”, and
c
for “the registering authority” substitute “the Chief Land Registrar”.
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In consequence of the amendment made by sub-paragraph (5)(b), in Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 omit paragraph 84(3)(b).