Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 430

The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 2000

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2000 No. 430

LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 2000

	Made	22nd February 2000
	Coming into force	3 April 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 132(1) of the Land Registration Act 1925[1], and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Title, commencement and interpretation
1. - (1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) (No. 2) Order 1998[2], may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000.

(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.

District Land Registries
2. - (1) The district of each district land registry shall comprise from 3rd April 2000 until 2nd July 2000 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 2 of the Schedule.

(2) The district of each district land registry shall comprise on and after 3rd July 2000 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 3 in the Schedule.

Signed by Authority of the Lord Chancellor

Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor's Department

17th February 2000

We concur,

Clive Betts

Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

22nd February 2000

SCHEDULE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

    A.This Order, on 3rd April 2000, supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) (No. 2) Order 1998 and transfers responsibility for the registration of titles:

    (1) in the Worcestershire district of Wychavon, Bromsgrove and Redditch from the Swansea District Land Registry to the Coventry District Land Registry;

    (2) in the London Borough of Haringey from the Stevenage District Land Registry to the Swansea District Land Registry;

    (3) in South Somerset and Mendip from the Plymouth District Land Registry to the Weymouth District Land Registry;

    (4) in Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire from the Peterborough District Land Registry to the Leicester District Land Registry; and

    (5) in Havant and East Hampshire from the Weymouth District Land Registry to the Portsmouth District Land Registry.

    B.This Order, on 3rd July 2000, reallocates responsibility for the registration of titles:

    (1) in the London Borough of Enfield from the Stevenage District Land Registry to the Swansea District Land Registry; and

    (2) in the remaining administrative areas of Worcestershire namely Worcester, Malvern Hills and Wyre Forest from the Swansea District Land Registry to the Coventry District Land Registry.

    C.This Order otherwise leaves unaltered the districts of the following District Land Registries:

Birkenhead (Old Market)	Lancashire
Birkenhead (Rosebrae)	Lytham
Croydon	Nottingham (East)
Durham (Boldon House)	Nottingham (West)
Durham (Southfield House)	Telford
Gloucester	Tunbridge Wells
Harrow	Wales (Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Cymru)
Kingston upon Hull	York

Notes:

[1] 1925 c. 21.back

[2] S.I. 1998/2974.back

ISBN 0 11 098739 X

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