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This Act makes provision for land registration in Scotland, provides a new legislative basis for the Land Register and improves and modernizes the system of procedures for registration of land (advance notice of conveyancing, electronic conveyancing and electronic registration). It provides for applications for voluntary registration of titles in the Land Register and grants power to the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, who manages and controls the Land Register, to register a title without an application. The Act also provides with respect: to caveats in the Land Register, state guarantee of title under the Keeper’s warranty, rights of persons acquiring subjects in good faith in certain circumstances, and appeals with the Lands Tribunal for Scotland.
Implemented by: Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 41 (C. 4) of 2014). (2014-02-19)
Implemented by: Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (Incidental, Consequential and Transitional) Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 190 of 2014). (2014-06-26)
Implemented by: Registers of Scotland (Information and Access) Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 189 of 2014). (2014-06-26)
Implemented by: Registers of Scotland (Fees) Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 188 of 2014). (2014-06-26)
Implemented by: Land Register of Scotland (Automated Registration) etc. Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 347 of 2014). (2014-12-02)
Implemented by: Land Register of Scotland (Automated Registration) etc. Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 346 of 2014). (2014-12-02)
Amended by: Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (2016 Chapter 14). (2014-05-14)
Amended by: Land Register of Scotland (Automated Registration) etc. Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 346 of 2014). (2014-12-02)
