Citation and commencement1
These Rules may be cited as the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2018 and shall come into force on6th April 2018.
Interpretation2
In these Rules—
1
“the principal Rules” means the Land Registration Rules 20035, and a reference to a rule by number is a reference to the rule so numbered in the principal Rules unless otherwise stated,
2
“the Act” means the Land Registration Act 2002.
Amendments to the principal Rules
3
Parts 2 to 10 and 13 to 16 of the principal Rules are amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4
Schedules 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 9 to the principal Rules are amended as set out in Parts 1 to 6 of Schedule 2.
Revocations
5
The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 20136 is revoked.
6
The Land Registration (Electronic Conveyancing) Rules 20087, except for the amendments to the principal Rules in Part 1 of Schedule 2, are revoked.
Review7
1
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
a
carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in rules 3 and 4 of these Rules, and
b
publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
2
The first report must be published before 6th April 2023.
3
Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.
4
Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 20158 requires that a report published under this rule must, in particular—
a
set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),
b
assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,
c
assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and
d
if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
5
In this rule “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).