The Land Registration (Solicitor to H M Land Registry) Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/2236
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Land Registration (Solicitor to H M Land Registry) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations:

(a) “ the Act ” means the Land Registration Act 1925;

(b) “a qualified person” means a person who has a 10 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ; and

(c) “ the Rules ” means the Land Registration Rules 1925 .

Section 3 Solicitor to H M Land Registry

The acts of the registrar to which this regulation applies may be done by a registrar, being a qualified person, who shall be called the Solicitor to H M Land Registry.

Section 4 Acts of the registrar which may be done by the Solicitor to H M Land Registry

Regulation 3 applies to the acts of the registrar which are authorised or required to be done in pursuance of:

(a) the provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule to the extent specified in the second column thereof; and

(b) the provisions of the Rules specified in the first column of Part II of the Schedule to the extent specified in the second column thereof.

Section 5 Vacancy in office of, or absence of, Solicitor to H M Land Registry

(1) During a vacancy in the office of, or in the absence of, the Solicitor to H M Land Registry, the acts of the registrar to which regulation 3 applies may be done by another registrar who is a qualified person.

(2) Any registrar acting under the authority of paragraph (1) shall, while so acting, be styled Acting Solicitor to H M Land Registry.