The Land Registration (Charities) Rules 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

The Land Registration (Charities) Rules 1992 (“the 1992 Rules”) inserted new definitions of “charity”, “charity trustee”, “official custodian” and “exempt charity” in rule 1 of, and substituted new rules 60, 61, 62, 122, 123, 124, 128 in, the Land Registration Rules 1925 (“the 1925 Rules”).The 1992 Rules also substituted a new Form 12, and inserted new Forms 12A, 12B, 12C and 12D in the Schedule to the 1925 Rules.These changes took account of the Charities Act 1992 so far as that Act affected registration of title to land held by or in trust for charities and also provisions consequential on those remaining parts of the Charities Act 1960 which affected dealings with land.

These Rules further substitute new rules 60, 61, 62, 122, 123, 128 in the 1925 Rules and new Forms 12, 12C and 12D in the Schedule to the 1925 Rules to take account of the consolidation provisions of the Charities Act 1993. These Rules also amend the definitions of “charity” and “exempt charity”inserted in rule 1 of the 1925 Rules by the 1992 Rules and insert a new definition of “trusts”.