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216.—[F1(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the land registry shall be open to the public daily except on—
(a)Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday, or
(b)any other day—
(i)specified or declared by proclamation under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971,
(ii)appointed by the Lord Chancellor, or
(iii)certified as an interrupted day under paragraph (6).]
(2) If the registrar is satisfied that adequate arrangements have been made or will be in place for opening the land registry to the public on Saturdays, he may, in such manner as he considers appropriate, give notice to that effect.
(3) On and after the date specified in any notice given pursuant to paragraph (2), paragraph (1) shall have effect as though the word “Saturdays” had been omitted.
(4) The date referred to in paragraph (3) must be at least eight weeks after the date of the notice.
(5) On and after the date specified in any notice given pursuant to paragraph (2), the periods in column 3 in the table below are substituted for the periods in column 2 in that table in the rules to which they relate.
(1) Rule | (2) Prescribed period before any notice given under rule 216(2) takes effect | (3) Prescribed period after any notice given under rule 216(2) takes effect |
---|---|---|
16(1) | Twenty business days | twenty-four business days |
31(2) | the twentieth business day | the twenty-fourth business day |
53(1) | the fifteenth business day | the eighteenth business day |
53(1) | the thirtieth business day | the thirty-sixth business day |
53(3) | the thirtieth business day | the thirty-sixth business day |
53(4) | the fifteenth business day | the eighteenth business day |
54(9) | the fourth business day | the fourth business day |
55(4) | fifteen business days | Eighteen business days |
86(3) | the fifteenth business day | the eighteenth business day |
86(3) | the thirtieth business day | the thirty-sixth business day |
86(5) | the thirtieth business day | the thirty-sixth business day |
86(6) | the fifteenth business day | the eighteenth business day |
92(9) | the fifteenth business day | the eighteenth business day |
119(3) | the twentieth business day | the twenty-fourth business day |
189 | the sixty-fifth business day | the seventy-eighth business day |
197(2) | the fifteenth business day | the eighteenth business day |
201(5) | the twentieth business day | the twenty-fourth business day |
202(3) | the twentieth business day | the twenty-fourth business day |
202(8) | the twentieth business day | the twenty-fourth business day |
218 | the fifteenth business day | the eighteenth business day |
[F2(6) The registrar may certify any day as an interrupted day if he is satisfied that on that day there is likely to be—
(a)a general delay in, or failure of, a communication service in England and Wales, or
(b)any other event or circumstance,
causing a substantial interruption in the normal operation of the land registry.
(7) The registrar must give notice of any certification under paragraph (6) in such manner as he considers appropriate.
(8) Any certification under paragraph (6) must take place before the start of the day being certified.
(9) In this rule, “communication service” means a service by which documents may be sent and delivered and includes a post service, a document exchange service and electronic communications.]
Textual Amendments
F1Rule 216(1) substituted (10.11.2008) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 73(a) (with rule 5)
F2Rule 216(6)-(9) added (10.11.2008) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 73(b) (with rule 5)
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