1Repeals effected by the principal Act
For the purpose of collecting the repeals effected by the [12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 16.] Law of Property Act, 1922 (in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) parts of which are intended to be repealed, it is hereby declared that the enactments set out in the First Schedule to this Act are the enactments which were, to the extent specified in the third column of the said Schedule, repealed by the principal Act.
2Amendments of the principal Act
The principal Act shall be amended, in regard to details relating to the enfranchisement of copyholds and the conversion of perpetually renewable leaseholds into long terms, in the manner appearing in the Second Schedule to this Act.
3Provisions facilitating the consolidation of the law relating to conveyancing and property
The amendments and provisions, for facilitating the consolidation of the statute law relating to conveyancing and property, contained in the Third Schedule to this Act, shall have effect.
4Provisions facilitating the consolidation of the law relating to settled land
The amendments and provisions, for facilitating the consolidation of the statute law relating to settled land, contained in the Fourth Schedule to this Act, shall have effect.
5Provisions facilitating the consolidation of the law relating to trustees
The amendments and provisions, for facilitating the consolidation of the statute law relating to trustees, contained in the Fifth Schedule to this Act, shall have effect.
6Provisions facilitating the consolidation of the law relating to the-registration of pending actions, & c
The amendments and provisions, for facilitating the consolidation of the statute law relating to the registration of pending actions, annuities, writs, orders, deeds of arrangement and land charges, contained in the Sixth Schedule to this Act, shall have effect.
7Provisions facilitating the consolidation of the law relating to administration of estates
The amendments and provisions, for facilitating the consolidation of the statute law relating to the administration of estates of deceased persons, contained in the Seventh Schedule to this Act, shall have effect.
8Provisions facilitating the consolidation of the law relating to registration of title to land
The amendments and provisions, for facilitating the consolidation of the statute law relating to the registration of title to land, contained in the Eighth Schedule to this Act, shall have effect.
9Statutes affected by the principal Act
The enactments mentioned in the Ninth Schedule to this Act are affected by the principal Act in the manner and to the extent specified in that Schedule.
10Repeal of statutes rendered obsolete
The enactments set out in the Tenth Schedule to this Act, being enactments which, as respects England and Wales, are rendered obsolete by the principal Act, are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
11Provisions for facilitating the consolidation of the law relating to university and college estates
The amendments and provisions for facilitating the consolidation of the statute law relating to university and college estates, contained in the Eleventh Schedule to this Act, shall have effect.
12Short title, commencement, extent
(1)This Act may be cited as the Law of Property (Amendment) Act, 1924
(2)This Act shall be construed as one with the principal Act, and that Act and this Act may be cited together as the Property Acts, 1922 and 1924.
(3)This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-six.
(4)This Act extends to England and Wales only.