The Land Registration (District Registries) (No.2) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/2213
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1987 , may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) (No.2) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“ the Act ” means the Land Registration Act 1925;

“district registry” means a district registry of the Land Registry within the meaning of section 132 of the Act;

“the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.

Section 2 District Registries

(1)

(a) There shall continue to be district registries bearing the names and at the places specified in column 1 in Part I of the Schedule.

(b) On and after the dates specified in column 1 in Part II of the Schedule there shall be new district registries bearing the names and at the places specified in that column.

(2) Each district registry shall be the proper office for the purposes of the registration of titles to land wholly or partly in its district, which shall comprise the administrative areas specified opposite its name in columns 2 and 3 in both Parts of the Schedule:

Provided that—

the county of Wiltshire shall not form part of the district of the Gloucester District Land Registry before 1st November 1988 and shall not form part of the district of the Plymouth District Land Registry on or after that date;

and the provisions of the Schedule shall be construed accordingly.