1. These rules may be cited as the Commonhold (Land Registration) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on the day that section 2 of the Act comes into force.
2.—(1) In these rules—
“the Act” means Part 1 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002,
“commonhold entries” means the entries referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of rule 28(1) and
“main rules” means the Land Registration Rules 2003.
(2) In these rules except where otherwise stated, a form referred to by letters or numbers means the form so designated in Schedule 1 to these rules.
3.—(1) Land registration rules within the meaning of the Land Registration Act 2002 have effect in relation to anything done by virtue of or for the purposes of the Act as they have effect in relation to anything done by virtue of or for the purposes of the Land Registration Act 2002 subject to paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) Rules 3(3)(a), 3(4)(a), 126, 127 and 214 of the main rules shall not apply to any application made under the Act.
(3) In its application to the Act—
(a)subject to paragraph (2), rule 3 of the main rules (individual registers and more than one registered estate, division and amalgamation) shall apply as if the words “and are vested in the same proprietor” in paragraph (1) and the words “and are vested in the same proprietor” in paragraph (4) were omitted,
(b)rule 54 of the main rules (outline applications) shall apply as if paragraph (6) of that rule referred to the forms in Schedule 1 to these rules,
(c)rules 136 to 138 of the main rules (exempt information documents) shall apply as if a commonhold community statement and a memorandum and articles of association of a commonhold association were excluded from the definition of a “relevant document” in rule 136(7),
(d)for the purposes of rule 208 of the main rules (Welsh language forms) the forms in Schedule 1 to these rules shall be treated as if they were scheduled forms within the meaning of the main rules,
(e)rules 210 and 211 of the main rules (documents in a Schedule 1 form and electronically produced forms) shall apply to the forms in Schedule 1 to these rules as they apply to the forms in Schedule 1 to the main rules, and
(f)Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 6 to the main rules (information to be included in the results of certain official searches) shall apply as if the words “relevant pending application” included any application made under the Act.