Explanatory Note
(This not does not form part of the Rules)
These Rules, which replace the Land Registration (Open Register) Rules 1990 and that part of the Land Registration Rules 1990 relating to Search of the Index Map and delivery of certain applications by facsimile transmission, provide:—
(a)a framework whereby certain types of application may, during the currency of any notice given by the registgrar under rule 13(1) of the Rules, be delivered by a variety of means including by telephone or facsimile transmission;
(b)that any person may obtain office copies of caution titles relating to cautions against first registration;
(c)for a new service enabling any person to obtain copies of Index Map sections;
(d)for the revocation of the right of any person to make a personal inspection of the Index Map;
(e)for revised forms of application as set out in Schedule 1 to the Rules.