Overview

Land Registration Manual is an authoritative source of technical and practical advice on all matters relating to registered land and interests affecting it.    The book’s alphabetical (A to Z) approach allows practitioners to focus on the specific topic they are dealing with, knowing that the book will provide useful background commentary, along with clear guidance on the form and content of relevant Land Registry applications specific to that topic. The topics are geared to aspects of day–to-day practice rather than academic areas of law – making the book more accessible and more relevant to the needs of busy practitioners.   Fully updated to take account of all the changes in land registration law and practice arising both from legislative changes (including those introduced by the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2018 Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 and arising as a result of Brexit) and case law (such as Antoine v Barclays Bank PLC [2018] EWCA Civ 2846 and Brown v Ridley [2025] UKSC 7). This new edition covers the usual subjects, but also many less frequently encountered topics which are often not covered elsewhere. Its coverage extends not only from transfers to leases, but from bare trusts to franchises; options to powers of attorney; and chancel repair to embankments and sea walls. Each topic contains accurate commentary to aid understanding and clear guidance on the relevant applications which may need to be made to complete a transaction or protect a client’s interests.     This edition includes several new topics, including electronic signatures, land transparency and the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 and maladministration. The book also contains all the current versions of the standard form restrictions and the prescribed lease clauses, along with a list of Land Registry forms and other useful information, making Land Registration Manual an invaluable ‘one-stop’ source of guidance for busy practitioners at all levels of experience, enabling them to research topics and deal with matters quickly, efficiently and effectively.

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Author:   Ash Jones
Publisher:   Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
Imprint:   Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Weight:   0.978kg
ISBN:  

9780854903115

ISBN 10:   0854903119
Pages:   784
Publication Date:   06 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface Glossary of Terms and Author’s Note 1 ACCESS TO NEIGHBOURING LAND ORDERS 1.1 Notice of a pending land action 1.1.1 Agreed notice 1.1.2 Unilateral notice 1.2 Agreed notice in respect of an access order 1.3 Agreed notice in respect of an order varying the access order 1.4 Restriction in respect of a licence 2 ACCRETION AND DILUVION 2.1 Registration of agreement 3 ADDRESS FOR SERVICE 4 ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVERS 4.1 Amendment to address for service 4.2 Sale or other disposition by an administrative receiver 5 ADMINISTRATORS OF A COMPANY 5.1 Entry of appointment of an administrator in the register 5.2 Sale or other disposition by an administrator 5.3 Acquisition by company subject to an administration order 6 ADVERSE POSSESSION 6.1 Meaning of ‘adverse possession’ 6.2 Registration as a person entitled to be notified of an adverse possession application 6.3 Application under Land Registration Act 2002, Sch 6, para 1 for registration by person in adverse possession of registered land 6.4 Notice of an application based on adverse possession under Land Registration Act 2002, Sch 6, para 1 6.5 Application under Land Registration Act 2002, Sch 6, para 6 for registration by person in adverse possession of registered land 6.6 Registered charges 6.7 Additional defences to actions for possession 6.8 Transitional provisions 6.9 Application for first registration 6.10 Adverse possession and leasehold land 6.10.1 Adverse possession of leasehold land 6.10.2 Encroachment from leasehold land onto other land 6.11 Overriding interests 7 ADVOWSONS 8 AGREEMENT FOR LEASE 8.1 Agreed notice 8.2 Unilateral notice 8.3 Restriction 9 AGREEMENT FOR MORTGAGE 9.1 Agreed notice 9.2 Unilateral notice 9.3 Restriction 10 AGREEMENT TO PAY FURTHER CONSIDERATION 10.1 Restriction 11 AIRSPACE 12 ALTERATION OF THE REGISTER 12.1 Alteration pursuant to a court order 12.2 Alteration not pursuant to a court order 12.3 Costs and expenses in non-rectification cases 13 AMALGAMATION OF REGISTERED TITLES 14 ANNUITIES 14.1 Restriction 15 APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE 16 APPLICATIONS TO HM LAND REGISTRY 17 ASSENTS 17.1 Unregistered land 17.2 Registered land 18 ASSETS OF COMMUNITY VALUE 19 BANKRUPTCY 19.1 Petition in bankruptcy 19.2 Bankruptcy order 19.3 Bankruptcy entries under the Land Registration Act 1925 19.4 Registration of the trustee in bankruptcy 19.5 Vacating of office by trustee in bankruptcy 19.6 Sale by trustee in bankruptcy 19.7 Protection of purchaser from bankrupt 19.8 Bankruptcy of a joint proprietor 19.9 Administration of an insolvent estate 19.10 Cancellation of bankruptcy notice or bankruptcy restriction 19.11 Discharge from bankruptcy 19.12 Re-vesting of bankrupt’s home 19.13 Annulment of bankruptcy order 19.14 After-acquired property 19.15 Voidable dispositions 19.16 Bankruptcy and home rights 19.17 Charging order in favour of trustee in bankruptcy 19.17.1 Agreed notice of the charging order 19.17.2 Unilateral notice of the charging order 19.17.3 Restriction where the charging order is over a beneficial interest 19.18 Disclaimer by trustee in bankruptcy 19.19 Insolvency proceedings commenced in another part of the United Kingdom 20 BARE TRUSTS 21 BONA VACANTIA AND ESCHEAT 22 BOUNDARIES 22.1 Determination of the exact line of a boundary 22.2 Party Wall etc Act 1996 23 CAUTIONS AGAINST CONVERSION 24 CAUTIONS AGAINST DEALINGS 24.1 Cautioner showing cause 25 CAUTIONS AGAINST FIRST REGISTRATION 25.1 Effect of a caution against first registration 25.2 Objection by cautioner 25.3 Withdrawal of a caution against first registration 25.4 Cancellation of a caution against first registration 25.5 Alteration of the cautions register 26 CHANCEL REPAIR 26.1 Caution against first registration 26.2 Agreed notice 26.3 Unilateral notice 27 CHANGE OF GENDER RESULTING IN A CHANGE OF NAME 28 CHANGE OF NAME 28.1 Change of name of private individuals 28.2 Change of name of corporate bodies 29 CHARGING ORDERS 29.1 Notice in respect of a pending land action 29.1.1 Agreed notice 29.1.2 Unilateral notice 29.2 Agreed notice in respect of the charging order 29.3 Unilateral notice in respect of the charging order 29.4 Restriction where the charging order is over a beneficial interest 29.5 Assignment of a charging order 29.5.1 Agreed notice 29.5.2 Unilateral notice 29.5.3 Form K restriction 29.5.4 Non-standard restriction to protect a charging order 29.6 Removal of charging order entries 29.6.1 Agreed notice 29.6.2 Unilateral notice 29.6.3 Form A restriction 29.6.4 Form K restriction 29.6.4.1 Automatic removal 29.6.4.2 Withdrawal of Form K restriction 29.6.4.3 Cancellation of Form K restriction 29.6.4.4 Cancellation of other restrictions 30 CHARITIES 30.1 Dispositions in favour of charities 30.2 Dispositions by charities 30.3 Transfers on sale or leases by non-exempt charities 30.4 Mortgages by non-exempt charities 30.5 Dispositions by exempt charities 30.6 Merger of charities 30.6.1 Dealing with property on merger 30.6.2 Registering gifts post-merger 30.7 Rentcharge titles 30.8 Appointment of new trustees 30.9 Incorporation of trustees of a charity 30.10 Corporation becoming a non-exempt charity 30.11 Change of status of charity 30.12 Change of name of charity 31 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 31.1 Application of the Charities Act 2011 31.2 Incumbent of a benefice 31.3 The Church Commissioners 31.4 Cathedrals 31.5 Diocesan boards of finance 31.6 Diocesan authorities 32 CLASSES OF TITLE 32.1 Titles to freehold estates 32.1.1 Absolute title 32.1.2 Qualified title 32.1.3 Possessory title 32.2 Titles to leasehold estates 32.2.1 Absolute title 32.2.2 Good leasehold title 32.2.3 Qualified title 32.2.4 Possessory title 33 COAL 34 COLLECTIVE ENFRANCHISEMENT 34.1 Notice served under Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s 13 34.1.1 Agreed notice 34.1.2 Unilateral notice 34.2 Application for vesting order under Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s 26(1) 34.2.1 Agreed notice 34.2.2 Unilateral notice 34.2.3 Restriction 34.3 Vesting order under Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s 26(1) 34.3.1 Agreed notice 34.3.2 Unilateral notice 34.3.3 Restriction 34.4 Vesting order under Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s 24(4) or s 25(6) 34.5 Transfer or conveyance to nominee or right to enfranchise company 34.6 Vendor’s lien 34.7 Lease back by nominee or right to enfranchise company 34.8 Application for acquisition order under Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, s 28 34.8.1 Agreed notice 34.8.2 Unilateral notice 34.8.3 Restriction 34.9 Acquisition order under Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, s 28 34.9.1 Agreed notice 34.9.2 Unilateral notice 34.9.3 Restriction 34.9.4 Registering the change of ownership 34.10 Tenants’ right of first refusal to purchase the reversion under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 34.11 Appointment of manager under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 35 COMMONHOLD 35.1 The commonhold association 35.2 The commonhold community statement 35.3 Applying to register a commonhold 35.4 Winding up or dissolution of a community association 36 COMMONS 36.1 First registration of common land 36.2 Dispositions of registered common land 37 COMPANIES 37.1 Registering UK companies as proprietor 37.2 Registering entities which are not a UK company as proprietor 37.3 Dispositions by UK companies 37.4 Dispositions by non-UK companies 37.5 Registration of a charge created by a UK company 37.6 Execution of deeds by UK companies 37.6.1 Execution by a company under its common seal 37.6.2 Execution by a company other than under a common seal 37.7 Execution of deeds by overseas companies 37.7.1 Execution under common seal 37.7.2 Execution in a manner permitted by the local law 37.7.3 Execution by signature of authorised person(s) 37.8 Merger of non-UK companies 37.8.1 Merger within a single jurisdiction 37.8.2 Cross-border merger 37.9 Related topics 38 COMPULSORY PURCHASE 38.1 Notice of the compulsory purchase order 38.2 Deed poll 38.2.1 Registered land 38.2.2 Unregistered land 38.3 General vesting declaration 38.3.1 Registered land 38.3.2 Unregistered land 39 CONSTRUCTIVE AND RESULTING TRUSTS 39.1 Entry of restrictions 40 CONTRACTS FOR SALE (INCLUDING SUB-SALE) 40.1 Agreed notice 40.2 Unilateral notice 40.3 Restriction 41 CONVEYANCERS 42 COPYHOLD 42.1 Caution against first registration 42.2 Agreed notice 42.3 Unilateral notice 43 CORRECTION OF MISTAKES IN AN APPLICATION OR ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT 44 COSTS 44.1 Costs payable by HM Land Registry under the Land Registration Act 2002 44.2 Costs payable by HM Land Registry in connection with maladministration 44.3 Costs payable by a third party 45 CREDIT UNIONS 46 DAY LIST 46.1 Delivery and priority of applications 46.2 Day list information 47 DEATH OF APPLICANT FOR REGISTRATION 48 DEATH OF A REGISTERED PROPRIETOR 48.1 Death of a sole proprietor 48.2 Death of a joint proprietor 49 DEBENTURES 50 DEEDS AMENDING DISPOSITIONS OF REGISTERED TITLES 50.1 Amendment before application for registration 50.2 Amendment after application for registration but before completion of registration 50.3 Amendment after registration 50.3.1 Transfers 50.3.2 Leases 50.3.3 Charges 50.4 Related topics 51 DEMESNE LAND 51.1 First registration 51.2 Cautions against first registration 52 DEVELOPING ESTATES 52.1 Estate boundary approval 52.2 Estate plan approval 52.3 Approval of draft transfers and leases 52.4 Pre- and post-registration services on plot sales 53 DEVELOPING SCHEMES 54 DISPUTES 54.1 Objections 54.2 Referral to the Tribunal 54.3 Determination by the Tribunal 54.3.1 Should the Tribunal hear the dispute? 54.3.2 Case management 54.3.3 Withdrawal 54.3.4 Hearings before the Tribunal 54.3.5 Tribunal decisions 54.3.6 Appeals 54.4 Rectification of documents 55 DIVISION OF REGISTERED TITLES 56 ELECTRONIC SERVICES 57 ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES 57.1 Mercury signed documents 57.2 Conveyancer-certified electronic signatures 57.3 Mixed signing 57.4 Amendment of documents signed using conveyancer-certified electronic signatures 57.5 Qualified electronic signatures 57.6 Further information 58 EMBANKMENTS OR SEA OR RIVER WALLS 58.1 Caution against first registration 58.2 Agreed notice 58.3 Unilateral notice 59 EMPTY DWELLING MANAGEMENT ORDERS 59.1 Restrictions 59.2 Registration of leases granted by a local housing authority under an empty dwelling management order 59.3 Noting leases granted by a local housing authority under an empty dwelling management order 59.3.1 Agreed notice 59.3.2 Unilateral notice 59.4 Determination of leases 59.4.1 Closure of registered leases 59.4.2 Cancellation of agreed notice of lease 60 ENLARGEMENT OF LONG LEASES 60.1 Leasehold title unregistered 60.2 Leasehold title registered 61 EQUITABLE CHARGES 61.1 Agreed notice 61.2 Unilateral notice 61.3 Restriction where the equitable charge is over a beneficial  interest 61.4 Priority of equitable charges 61.5 Orders under Law of Property Act 1925, s 90 62 EQUITABLE EASEMENTS 62.1 Agreed notice 62.2 Unilateral notice 63 EQUITABLE INTERESTS 64 ESTATE, RIGHT OR INTEREST 65 EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPINGS 66 EXCLUSIVE USE 67 FEES 68 FIRST REGISTRATION 68.1 Legal estates capable of first registration 68.2 Compulsory first registration 68.3 Duty to apply for first registration 68.4 Application for first registration 68.5 Examination of title 69 FLOATING CHARGES 69.1 Agreed notice 69.2 Unilateral notice 69.3 Crystallisation of floating charge 70 FLYING FREEHOLDS 71 FOREIGN LAW 72 FORESHORE 73 FORMS 74 FRANCHISES 74.1 Caution against first registration 74.2 Agreed notice 74.3 Unilateral notice 74.4 First registration of a franchise 74.5 Dispositions of registered franchises 75 FRAUD OR FORGERY 75.1 Alteration and rectification 75.2 Indemnity 75.3 Restriction 76 FREEZING ORDERS, RESTRAINT ORDERS AND INTERIM RECEIVING ORDERS 76.1 Agreed notice 76.2 Unilateral notice 76.3 Restriction 77 FRIENDLY SOCIETIES 77.1 Friendly societies registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 77.2 Friendly societies registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1992 78 GIFTS 78.1 Unregistered land 78.2 Registered land 79 HISTORICAL INFORMATION 80 HM LAND REGISTRY 81 HOME RIGHTS 81.1 Home rights notice 81.2 Renewal of home rights notice 81.3 Cancellation of home rights notice 81.4 Cancellation of home rights caution 81.5 Home rights search by a mortgagee 82 HOUSING ACTION TRUSTS 82.1 Restrictions 82.2 Disposal of land 83 HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS 83.1 Registered housing associations 83.2 Registration of unregistered housing association as proprietor of land 83.3 Dispositions by unregistered housing associations 84 IDENTITY EVIDENCE 85 IMPLIED COVENANTS 85.1 Transfers of pre-1996 leases 85.2 Transfer of a registered estate subject to a rentcharge 86 INDEMNITY 86.1 Interest on indemnity 86.2 Limitation 86.3 Rights of Recovery 87 INDEMNITY COVENANTS 88 INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS 88.1 Agreed notice 88.2 Unilateral notice 88.3 Restriction 89 INHERITANCE TAX 89.1 Liability for death duties 89.2 Liability for capital transfer tax/inheritance tax 89.3 First registration 89.4 Nil-rate band discretionary trusts 90 INHIBITIONS 90.1 Effect of an inhibition 90.2 Cancellation of an inhibition 90.3 Modification or disapplication of an inhibition 91 INTERNAL WATERS 92 JOINT PROPRIETORS 92.1 Entry of Form A restriction 92.2 Death of a joint proprietor 92.3 Cancellation of Form A restriction 92.4 Related matters 93 LAND REGISTRY ACT 1862 94 LAND TRANSACTION TAX 95 LAND TRANSPARENCY 95.1 The beneficial ownership purpose 95.2 The contractual control purpose 95.3 The national security purpose 95.4 The information which must be provided 95.5 Providing the information 95.6 Enforcement 96 LARGE SCALE APPLICATIONS 97 LEASEHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT 97.1 Notice under Leasehold Reform Act 1967 97.1.1 Agreed notice 97.1.2 Unilateral notice 97.2 Registration of transfer of the freehold 97.3 Discharge of registered charges on the freehold title 97.4 Rentcharges 97.5 Rights and burdens under Leasehold Reform Act 1967, s 10 97.6 Estate Management Scheme under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 98 LEASES 98.1 Leases granted out of unregistered estates 98.2 Leases which are registrable dispositions 98.3 Leases of land not exceeding 7 years 98.3.1 Agreed notice 98.3.2 Unilateral notice 98.4 Leases which are incapable of substantive registration 98.5 Noting of leases 98.6 Prescribed clauses leases 98.7 Registration of leases which are registrable dispositions 98.8 Long leases of houses 98.9 Leases for life or determinable on death, marriage or civil partnership 98.10 Variation of a lease 98.10.1 Deeds of variation varying the term 98.10.2 Deeds of variation varying the extent 98.11 Noting a declaration under the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 98.12 Acquisition of an extended lease under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 98.12.1 Agreed notice 98.12.2 Unilateral notice 98.12.3 Registration of extended lease 98.13 Acquisition of a lease under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 98.13.1 Notice to acquire new lease 98.13.1.1 Agreed notice 98.13.1.2 Unilateral notice 98.13.2 Application for vesting order 98.13.2.1 Agreed notice 98.13.2.2 Unilateral notice 98.13.2.3 Restriction 98.13.3 Vesting order 98.13.3.1 Agreed notice 98.13.3.2 Unilateral notice 98.13.3.3 Restriction 98.13.4 Grant of new lease 98.14 Easements in leases 98.14.1 Easements granted 98.14.2 Easements reserved 98.14.3 Easements in unregistered leases 98.14.3.1 Easements granted 98.14.3.2 Easements reserved 98.14.4 Equitable easements in leases 98.15 Restrictive covenants in leases 98.15.1 Covenants given by the landlord relating to other land 98.15.2 Tenant covenants 98.15.2.1 Agreed notice 98.15.3 Unilateral notice 98.16 Apportionment of rent 98.17 Extensions of leases (other than under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 or the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993) 98.17.1 Where the new lease takes immediate effect 98.17.2 Where the new lease commences on a future date 98.18 Determination of registered leases 98.18.1 Form of application 98.18.2 Incumbrances affecting the determined lease 98.18.3 Merger 98.18.4 Surrender by deed 98.18.5 Surrender by operation of law 98.18.6 Disclaimer 98.18.7 Effluxion of time 98.18.8 Forfeiture 98.18.9 Notice 98.18.10 Frustration 98.18.11 Enlargement 98.19 Cancellation of a noted lease 98.20 Right to determine a registered lease 99 LEGAL AID 100 LEGAL CHARGES 100.1 Charges of registered land 100.2 Digital charges 100.3 Charges subsisting at the time of first registration 100.4 Approved forms of charge 100.5 Further advances 100.6 Collateral charges 100.7 Priorities 100.8 Consolidation 100.9 Deeds of variation 100.10 Remedies of a registered chargee 100.10.1 Power of sale 100.10.2 Foreclosure 100.11 Discharge of registered charge 100.12 Sub-charges 100.13 Transfer of charge 100.14 Related topics 101 LEGAL EASEMENTS 101.1 Legal easements on first registration 101.1.1 Beneficial easements 101.1.2 Subjective easements 101.2 Legal easements arising after first registration 101.3 Prescriptive easements 101.4 Unregistered legal easements which override registered dispositions 101.5 Extinguishment of easements 101.6 Related topics 102 LEGAL ESTATES 103 LEGAL INTERESTS 104 LICENCES 105 LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS 105.1 Registration of a UK limited liability partnership as proprietor 105.2 Registration of charge created by a UK limited liability partnership 105.3 Execution of deeds by limited liability partnerships 105.4 Conversion of a partnership or corporate body to a limited liability partnership 105.5 Dissolution of a limited liability partnership 105.6 Registration of an overseas limited liability partnership as proprietor 106 LIMITED OWNER’S CHARGE 107 LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS 107.1 Registration and entry of restriction(s) 108 LIQUIDATORS 108.1 Entry of notice of liquidator’s appointment 108.2 Evidence of appointment 108.2.1 Creditors’ voluntary winding-up 108.2.2 Members’ voluntary winding-up 108.2.3 Winding-up by the court 108.3 Dispositions by a liquidator 108.4 Disclaimer by a liquidator 108.4.1 Registered disclaimed lease 108.4.2 Unregistered disclaimed lease 108.4.3 Vesting order relating to registered disclaimed lease 108.4.4 Disclaimer of registered freehold estate 108.5 Dissolution 108.6 Liquidation of foreign companies 109 LOCAL LAND CHARGES 109.1 Introduction 109.2 Migration of the local land charges register to HMLR 109.3 Local land charges and the register of title 109.4 Monetary charges 110 LOST OR DESTROYED TITLE DEEDS 110.1 Application for first registration 110.2 Circumstances of the loss or destruction 110.3 Reconstruction of the title 110.4 Possession of the estate 110.5 Evidence of identity 110.6 Class of title 111 MALADMINISTRATION 111.1 Remedies for maladministration 111.1.1 Compensation 111.1.2 Consolatory payments 112 MANORS 112.1 Lordship of a manor 112.2 Transfer of a registered manor 112.3 Lease of a registered manor 112.4 Deregistration of a registered lordship of a manor 112.5 Manorial land 112.6 Manorial rights 113 MENTAL INCAPACITY 113.1 Address(es) for service 113.2 Registered land 113.2.1 Disposals of registered land 113.2.2 Acquisitions of land 113.2.3 Restrictions reflecting mental incapacity 113.3 Registered land held on trust 113.4 Severance of beneficial joint tenancy of registered land 113.5 Adverse possession of registered land 114 MERE EQUITIES 115 MINES AND MINERALS 115.1 First registration of mines and minerals 115.2 Registered surface land 115.3 Transfer of mines and minerals out of a registered title 115.4 Lease of mines and minerals out of registered surface land 115.5 Profits à prendre 115.6 Overriding interests 115.7 Indemnity 116 MINORS 116.1 Transfer of land to a minor 116.2 Transfer of land to a minor jointly with an adult 116.3 Charge in favour of a minor or to a minor jointly with an adult 117 MISSING PERSONS 117.1 Recording the appointment of a guardian 117.2 Restriction 117.3 Dispositions 117.3.1 Sales, leases and charges to a third party 117.3.2 Transfers and leases to third parties not for value 117.3.3 Dispositions to the guardian 117.4 Resigning trusteeships 117.5 Execution of deeds 118 MORTGAGE CAUTIONS 119 NOTICES 119.1 Agreed notice 119.2 Cancellation of a notice other than a unilateral notice or a home rights notice 119.3 Unilateral notice 119.4 Registration of new or additional beneficiary of a unilateral notice 119.5 Removal of a unilateral notice 119.6 Cancellation of a unilateral notice 120 NOTICES OF DEPOSIT 121 OCCUPATION CONTRACTS UNDER THE RENTING HOMES (WALES) ACT 2016 121.1 Registration of an Occupation Contract 121.2 Noting an Occupation Contract 121.2.1 Agreed notice 121.2.2 Unilateral notice 121.3 Dealings with an occupation contract 121.4 Survivorship and succession 121.4.1 Sole contract holder 121.4.1.1 Substantively registered occupation contract 121.4.1.2 Noted occupation contract 121.4.2 Joint contract holders 121.5 Determination 121.5.1 Closing a registered title 121.5.2 Removing a notice of an occupation contract 122 OFFICIAL COPIES AND INSPECTION 122.1 Personal inspection 122.2 Official copies 122.3 Exempt information documents 122.4 Freedom of Information Act 2000 122.5 Environmental Information Regulations 2004 122.6 The United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 123 OFFICIAL SEARCHES 123.1 Official search with priority 123.1.1 Lodging of official search 123.1.2 The ‘search from’ date 123.1.3 Official certificate of search 123.1.4 Priority period of official search 123.1.5 Effect of priority 123.1.6 Withdrawal of official search with priority 123.2 Official search without priority 123.3 Official search by a mortgagee in form HR3 124 OFFICIAL SEARCHES OF THE INDICES 124.1 Search of the index map 124.2 Search of the index of relating franchises and manors 124.3 Search of the index of proprietors’ names 125 OPTIONS 125.1 Agreed notice 125.2 Unilateral notice 125.3 Restriction 125.4 Options contained in registrable dispositions 126 OVERAGE 127 OVERREACHING 128 OVERRIDING INTERESTS 128.1 Unregistered interests which override first registration 128.1.1 Leasehold estates in land 128.1.2 Interests of persons in actual occupation 128.1.3 Easements and profits à prendre 128.1.4 Customary rights 128.1.5 Public rights 128.1.6 Local land charges 128.1.7 Mines and minerals 128.1.8 Franchise 128.1.9 Manorial rights 128.1.10 Crown rents 128.1.11 Non-statutory rights in respect of an embankment or sea or river wall 128.1.12 Rights to payment in lieu of tithe 128.1.13 Rights in respect of the repair of a church chancel 128.1.14 Public-private partnership leases relating to transport in London 128.1.15 Rights acquired under the LA 1980 128.2 Unregistered interests which override registered dispositions 128.2.1 Leasehold estates in land 128.2.2 Interests of persons in actual occupation 128.2.3 Easements and profits à prendre 128.2.4 Local land charges 128.2.5 Crown rents 128.2.6 Rights to payment in lieu of tithe 128.2.7 Rights acquired under the LA 1980 128.3 Interests which cannot take effect as overriding interests 128.4 Duty to disclose overriding interests 129 OVERSEAS INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS 129.1 Insolvency proceedings commenced in a member state of the European Union (excluding Denmark) before Brexit 129.2 Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 130 PARTNERSHIPS 130.1 Registration 131 PARTY WALL ETC ACT 1996 132 PENDING LAND ACTIONS 132.1 Agreed notice 132.2 Unilateral notice 132.3 Restriction 133 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 133.1 Registration of personal representative 133.2 Entry of restrictions 133.3 Dispositions by personal representatives 133.4 First registration 133.5 Inheritance tax, capital transfer tax and death duties 134 PLANS 135 POSITIVE COVENANTS 135.1 Restriction 135.2 Positive covenants imposed by statute 136 POWERS OF ATTORNEY 136.1 General powers under Powers of Attorney Act 1971, s 10 136.2 Other general and specific powers 136.3 Security powers 136.4 Enduring powers of attorney 136.5 Lasting powers of attorney 136.6 Powers of attorney by joint proprietors and other trustees 136.6.1 Trustee Act 1925, s 25 136.6.2 Trustee Delegation Act 1999, s 1 136.6.3 Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, s 9 136.7 Gifts and dispositions at undervalue by an attorney 136.8 Powers more than 12 months old – evidence of non-revocation 136.9 Execution of deeds by an attorney 136.10 Powers of attorney given to receivers in debentures 137 PRE-SUBMISSION ENQUIRY SERVICE 138 PRIORITIES 138.1 Basic rule of priority 138.2 Special rule of priority 138.2.1 Registrable dispositions of registered estates for valuable consideration 138.2.2 Registrable dispositions of registered charges for valuable consideration 138.3 Inland Revenue charges 138.4 Priority of applications 139 PROFITS À PRENDRE 139.1 Legal profits à prendre on first registration 139.1.1 Beneficial profits à prendre 139.1.2 Subjective profits à prendre 139.2 Legal profits à prendre arising after first registration 139.3 Prescriptive profits à prendre 139.3.1 Registration of a prescriptive appurtenant profit à prendre 139.3.2 Registration of a prescriptive profit à prendre in gross 139.4 Unregistered legal profits à prendre which override registered dispositions 139.5 First registration of profit à prendre in gross 139.6 Registration of profit à prendre in gross created over registered land 139.7 Dispositions of a registered profit à prendre in gross 139.8 Extinguishment of profits à prendre 139.9 Related matters 140 PROPER OFFICE 141 PROPERTY ADJUSTMENT ORDERS 141.1 Agreed notice 141.2 Unilateral notice 141.3 Restriction 142 PROPERTY ALERT 143 PROPRIETARY ESTOPPEL 143.1 Agreed notice 143.2 Unilateral notice 144 PUBLIC AUTHORITY CERTIFICATES OF TITLE 145 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LEASES RELATING TO TRANSPORT IN LONDON 146 RECEIVERS APPOINTED UNDER THE LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925 146.1 Address for service 146.2 Sale by a receiver 147 RECEIVERS APPOINTED BY ORDER OF THE COURT 147.1 Restriction 148 RECTIFICATION 148.1 Rectification pursuant to an order of the court 148.2 Rectification other than pursuant to an order of the court 149 REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS AND PRIVATE REGISTERED PROVIDERS 149.1 Registration of registered social landlords or private registered providers as proprietor 149.2 Housing administration orders 149.3 Dispositions by registered social landlords or private registered providers 150 REGISTERED SOCIETIES 151 RENTCHARGES 151.1 Rentcharges created out of unregistered land 151.2 Registration of rentcharge created over registered land 151.3 Rentcharges granted by a UK company or UK limited liability partnership 151.4 Rentcharges which cannot be registered 151.5 Entry of notice of rentcharge 151.6 Dispositions of registered rentcharges 151.7 Transfer of registered estate subject to a rentcharge 151.8 Apportionment and redemption of rentcharges 151.9 Extinguishment of rentcharges 151.10 Adverse possession of rentcharges 151.10.1 Adverse possession of a registered rentcharge: 151.10.1.1 Application under Land Registration Act 2002, Sch 6, para 1 (as modified) for registration by a person in adverse possession of registered rentcharge 151.10.1.2 Application under Land Registration Act 2002, Sch 6, para 6 (as modified) for registration by a person in adverse possession of registered rentcharge 151.10.1.3 Transitional provisions 151.10.2 Adverse possession of unregistered rentcharges 152 REQUISITION, REJECTION AND CANCELLATION POLICY 153 RESTRICTIONS 153.1 Application for entry of restriction 153.2 Forms of restriction 153.3 Court order for entry of restriction 153.4 Obligatory restrictions 153.5 Compliance with a restriction 153.6 Updating a restriction 153.7 Application for an order that a restriction be disapplied or modified 153.7.1 Disapplication of a restriction, further evidence 153.7.2 Modification of a restriction, further evidence 153.8 Cancellation of a restriction 153.9 Withdrawal of a restriction 153.10 Restrictions entered under the Land Registration Act 1925 153.11 Inhibitions entered under the Land Registration Act 1925 154 RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS 154.1 Restrictive covenants on first registration 154.2 Restrictive covenants and registered land 154.2.1 Agreed notice 154.2.2 Unilateral notice 154.3 Release, waiver or modification of restrictive covenants 154.4 Positive covenants imposed by statute 155 RETENTION, DESTRUCTION AND RETURN OF DOCUMENTS 156 RIGHT TO BUY AND RIGHT TO ACQUIRE UNDER THE HOUSING ACTS 156.1 Charges on landlord’s title 156.2 Rentcharges 156.3 Statutory easements 156.4 Discount charges 156.5 Right of first refusal 156.6 Property to which Housing Act 1985, s 37 or s 157 applies 156.7 Preserved right to buy 157 RIGHT TO MANAGE COMPANIES 157.1 Recording the right to manage on the register 157.2 Consents and certificates given by a right to manage company 158 RIGHTS OF LIGHT AND AIR 158.1 Registration of rights of light and air 158.1.1 Light obstruction notices 158.2 Provisions relating to rights of light and air 158.2.1 Provisions in leases 158.2.2 Provisions on first registration 158.2.3 Provisions in dispositions and other dealings with registered land 158.2.4 The title benefitting from the provision 158.3 Further information 159 RIGHTS OF PRE-EMPTION 159.1 Agreed notice 159.2 Unilateral notice 159.3 Restriction 159.4 Rights of pre-emption contained in registrable dispositions 160 RIGHTS OF REVERTER 160.1 Restriction 160.2 Transfer to revertee 161 SEQUESTRATORS 161.1 Restriction 162 SETTLEMENTS 162.1 Settled land forms of restriction 162.2 Transfer of land into settlement 162.3 Registered land bought with capital money 162.4 Registered land brought into settlement 162.5 Proprietor ceasing in his lifetime to be tenant for life 162.6 Registration of special personal representatives 162.7 Transfer on death of tenant for life 162.8 Registration of statutory owner during a minority otherwise than on death 162.9 Minority where settlement arises under a will or intestacy 162.10 Changes to settlement 162.11 End of settlement other than on death 163 SEVERANCE OF A BENEFICIAL JOINT TENANCY 163.1 Restriction in Form A 164 SHARED OWNERSHIP LEASES 164.1 Registration of the lease 164.2 Staircasing 165 SOUVENIR LAND 165.1 Cancellation of entries relating to souvenir land 165.2 Application for registration by a third party 166 SPECIAL POWERS OF APPOINTMENT 166.1 Restriction 167 SPORTING RIGHTS 167.1 Profits à prendre, franchises and manorial rights 167.2 Corporeal fisheries 168 STAMP DUTY LAND TAX 169 STATEMENTS OF TRUTH 170 STATUTORY CHARGES 170.1 Registration 170.2 Restriction 171 STATUTORY VESTING 172 SUBROGATION 172.1 Unilateral notice 173 TIME SHARE 174 TITLE INFORMATION DOCUMENT 175 TOWN OR VILLAGE GREENS 175.1 First registration of a town or village green 175.2 Dispositions of a registered town or village green 176 TRANSFERS 176.1 Registration of transfer 176.2 Related topics 177 TRIBUNAL 178 TRUSTS OF LAND 178.1 Registration of trustees 178.2 Entry of restrictions 178.3 Dispositions by trustees 178.4 Powers of attorney granted by trustees 178.5 Vesting of registered land in new trustees 179 UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS 179.1 Registration of trustees 179.2 Dispositions by trustees 179.3 Change of trustees 180 UNITED KINGDOM ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPINGS 181 UPGRADE OF CLASS OF TITLE 181.1 Upgrading possessory or qualified freehold to absolute 181.2 Upgrading possessory or qualified leasehold to good leasehold 181.3 Upgrading good leasehold to absolute 181.4 Upgrading possessory or qualified leasehold to absolute 182 VENDOR’S LIENS 182.1 Agreed notice 182.2 Unilateral notice 183 WRITS OR ORDERS AFFECTING LAND 183.1 Agreed notice 183.2 Unilateral notice 183.3 Restriction APPENDICES I HMLR OFFICES AND ADDRESSES HMLR offices HMLR addresses II LIST OF FORMS Schedule 1 forms Schedule 3 forms Commonhold forms Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 Certificates Other forms III LAND REGISTRATION RULES 2003, SCHEDULE 1A: PRESCRIBED CLAUSES LR1 TO LR14 IV LAND REGISTRATION RULES 2003, SCHEDULE 4: STANDARD FORMS OF RESTRICTION V LAND REGISTRATION RULES 2003, SCHEDULE 3: FORMS REFERRED TO IN RULE 206 VI LAND REGISTRATION RULES 2003, SCHEDULE 9: FORMS OF EXECUTION VII ECONOMIC CRIME (TRANSPARENCY AND ENFORCEMENT) ACT 2022 CERTIFICATES Index

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Before joining HM Land Registry in 2015, Ash worked as a commercial property solicitor in private practice and in-house at a large local authority. Since joining HMLR, Ash has worked as a local office lawyer, considering technical casework referrals. He has also been part of and recently led HMLR’s legal practice team, preparing internal and external guidance.

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