Statutory Instruments
LAND CHARGES
Made
8th February 1994
Coming into force
28th March 1994
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9(1), 10(2), 16(1) and 17(1) of the Land Charges Act 1972(1), with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Rules:—
1. These Rules may be cited as the Land Charges Fes (Amendment) Rules 1994 and shall come into force on 28th March 1994.
2. In these Rules:
“the Fees Rules” means the Land Charges Fees Rules 1990(2);
“Schedule 1” means Schedule 1 to the Fees Rules.
3. In rule 1(2) of the Fees Rules there shall be substituted for the definition of “written application” the following definition:
““written application” in Schedule 1 does not include an application made by teleprinter or facsimile transmission.”.
4. In rule 4(2) of the Fees Rules there shall be substituted for the words “a written application” the words “an application”.
5. Paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 shall be amended by adding after the words “facsimile transmission” the words “or to the registrar’s computer system by means of the applicant’s remote terminal”.
6. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 shall be amended by adding at the end of that paragraph underneath the equivalent provisions the following:
“application made to the registrar’s computer system by means of the applicant’s remote terminal ... ... ... ... per name £2—”.
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 28th January 1994
We concur,
Andrew Mackay
Irvine Patnick
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 8th February 1994
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Land Charges Fees Rules 1990 (Fees Rules) by prescribing two new fees to cover applications made to the registrar’s computer system by means of the applicant’s remote terminal:—
(a)a fee of £1 for an office copy of an entry in the register (including any plan);
(b)a fee of £2 per name for an official search in the index (including the issue of a printed certificate of result).
These Rules also amend rule 4(2) of the Fees Rules (acceptance of a written application and debiting of fee to credit account in certain circumstances) to cover all applications.