The Agricultural Credits Fees Order 1985

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Credits Fees Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1985.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Agricultural Credits Act 1928;

“credit account” means an account authorised by the Registrar for the purpose of providing credit facilities for the payment of fees;

“Schedule” means a schedule to this Order;

“fee” means a fee specified in Schedule 1.

2.  The fees specified in Schedule 1 shall be payable under the Act.

3.  Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, every fee which accompanies an application shall, except as mentioned in paragraph 5, be paid in cash or by means of a postal order crossed and made payable to H.M. Land Registry.

4.  Where the amount payable in respect of a fee is not immediately ascertainable, such deposit shall be made as the Registrar shall direct.

5.—(1) Any person or firm having a credit account may request the Registrar, on any application, to debit the requisite fee to that account;

(2) When a person or firm having a credit account makes a written application which is not accompanied by any fee and does not contain a request for the fee to be debited to that account, the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, nevertheless accept the application and debit the fee to that person's or that firm's account;

(3) If the Registrar debits a fee to a credit account, this shall be treated as due payment of that fee;

(4) Credit accounts shall be authorised and maintained in accordance with the provisions set out in Schedule 2.

6.  The Agricultural Credits Fees Order 1975 is hereby revoked.

Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C

Dated 1st February 1985

Tristan Garel-Jones

A. G. Hamilton

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

Dated 27th February 1985