The Land Registration (District Registries) (No. 2) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/2974
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1998 , may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999.

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

“district land registry” means a district registry of the Land Registry within the meaning of section 132 of the Land Registration Act 1925;

“the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.

Section 2 District Land Registries

(1) The name of the Birkenhead District Land Registry shall be changed to the Birkenhead (Old Market) District Land Registry.

(2) Subject to the change of name effected by paragraph (1), there shall continue to be district land registries bearing the names specified in column 1 in Part I of the Schedule.

(3) There shall be two new district land registries bearing the names specified in column 1 in Part II of the Schedule.

(4) The district of each district land registry shall comprise the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 2 in Part I or, as the case may be, Part II of the Schedule.