Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 389

LAND CHARGES

The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1987

Made

9th March 1987

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1987

Coming into force

1st April 1987

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 14 of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 and with the concurrence of the Treasury as to fees, hereby makes the following Rules:

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.

2.  For Schedule 3 to the Local Land Charges Rules 1977(1) there shall be substituted the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 3FEES

Fee
Item £
1.Registration of a charge in Part 11 of the register ... ... ... ...40.00
2.Filing a definitive certificate of the Lands Tribunal under rule 10(3) ... ... ... ...1.45
3.Filing a judgment, order or application for the variation or cancellation of an entry in Part 11 of the register ... ... ... ...4.25
4.Inspection of documents filed under rule 10 in respect of each parcel of land ... ... ... ...1.45
5.Personal search in the whole or in part of the register ... ... ... ...1.25
and in addition, in respect of each parcel of land above one, where under rule 11(3) the search extends to more than one parcel, subject to a maximum of £9.75 ... ... ... ...0.50
6.Official search (including issue of official certificate of search)—

(a)in any one part of the register ... ... ... ...

1.25

(b)in the whole of the register ... ... ... ...

3.30
and in addition, in respect of each parcel of land above one, where under rule 11(3) more than one parcel is included in the same requisition (whether the requisition is for a search in the whole or in any part of the register), subject to a maximum of £9.80 ... ... ... ...0.50
7.Office copy of any entry in the register (not including a copy or extract of any plan or document filed pursuant to these Rules) ... ... ... ...0.90
8.Office copy of any plan or other document filed pursuant to these Rules ... ... ... ...such reasonable fee as may be fixed by the registering authority according to the time and work involved.

3.  The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1986(2) are hereby revoked.

Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C.

Dated 5th March 1987

We concur,

Michael Neubert

Mark Lennox-Boyd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.

Dated 9th March 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules increase the fees payable in connection with the registration of local land charges by 6.2%.

(1)

S.I. 1977/985; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1986/424.

(2)

S.I. 1986/424.