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Displaying 661 - 665 of 782Land Registration (Acting Chief Land Registrar) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 2281 of 2003).
The Land Registration Act 2002 makes provision about land registration and in particular provides for the appointment of the Chief Land Registrar. These Regulations make provision for the carrying out of the Chief Land Registrar's functions during any vacancy in that office. Regulation 2 makes provision for the appointment.
Implements: Land Registration Act 2002 (Chapter 9). (2002-02-26)
Land Registry Trading Fund (Extension and Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 2094 of 2003).
This Order extends, as from 13th October 2003, the scope of the Land Registry Trading Fund Order 1993, which established the Land Registry Trading Fund with effect from 1st April 1993. It adds to the operations to be financed by means of the Fund the provision of services in wider markets relating to the registration of titles to land and to the management and marketing of property information and operations incidental, conducive or otherwise ancillary to those operations.
Leasehold Valuation Tribunals (Procedure) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 2099 of 2003).
These Regulations regulate the procedure to be followed in connection with applications made to a leasehold valuation tribunal. Regulation 3 provides for general particulars to be included with all applications and specified particulars to be included with specified applications as set out in the Schedules. Regulation 4 provides for notice to be given by the applicant and respondent where an application is made under Part 4 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, while regulation 5 provides for notice to be given by the tribunal in the case of other applications.
Land Registration (Referral to the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 2114 of 2004).
Under section 73 of the Land Registration Act 2002, an objection may be made to any application to the registrar. If that objection is not groundless, the registrar may not determine the application until the objection has been disposed of and, if this is not possible by agreement, section 73(7) requires the registrar to refer the matter to the adjudicator. The post of adjudicator is a new post created by the Act.
Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 2407 of 1993).
These Regulations prescribe the procedure to be followed, unless it is agreed otherwise, in giving effect to a claim to exercise the right to collective enfranchisement or a claim to exercise the right to lease renewal under Part I of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.