The Land Registration Act 2002 (Amendment) Order 2008

This statutory instrument comes into force on 6 April 2009 and adds two new events to those that presently trigger the compulsory first registration of title to land under section 4 of the Land Registration Act 2002 and makes a consequential amendment of section 7 of the Act in respect of one of the triggers.

A consultation document on the comprehensive land register was issued in November 2007. Please consult the Report on consultation for details of the responses to this document.

For further details of the Impact Assessment, please consult the Impact Assessment document.

Please visit the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website for the Land Registration Act 2002 (Amendment) Order 2008.

For details of the Explanatory Memorandum, please consult Explanatory Memorandum to the Land Registration Act 2002 (Amendment) Order 2008.

For information about the amendments to sections 4 and 7 of the Act, please consult the informal consolidated version of sections 4 and 7 of the Land Registration Act 2002 which shows the changes being made by the Land Registration Act 2002 (Amendment) Order 2008.

For further information please contact us at comprehensive.register@landregistry.gsi.gov.uk