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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Law of Property Act 1922 (c. 16)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Law of Property Act 1922

1922 CHAPTER 16 12_and_13_Geo_5

Contents

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  1. Part I

    1. 1—3... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 5—9... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. 17—25... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    13. 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    14. 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    15. 29—34... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    Amendments of the Settled Land Acts

    1. 35—42... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 43.†Power to sell in consideration of a rentcharge, and extension of section 13 of the Act of 1882

    3. 44—71... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    1. 72—82... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 83.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 84, 85... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 86.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 87.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 88.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 89—108... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    1. 109.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 110.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 111, 112... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 113.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 114—122... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 123.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 124—127... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  5. Part V

    Abolition of Copyhold and Customary Tenure

    1. Abolition of Copyholds

      1. 128—136... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 137. Provisions for the protection of Royal Parks and Gardens

  6. Part VI

    Extinguishment of Manorial Incidents

    1. 138—143... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. General Provisions

      1. 144. Power to inspect Court Rolls

      2. 144A.Manorial documents

  7. Part VII

    Provisions respecting Leaseholds

    1. Conversion of Perpetually Renewable Leaseholds into Long Terms

      1. 145. Conversion of perpetually renewable leaseholds

      2. 146.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  8. Part VIII

    Amendment of the Law of Intestacy

    1. 147—151... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 152.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 153, 154... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  9. Part IX

    1. 155.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 156.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 157—163... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  10. Part X

    1. 164—187... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  11. Part XI

    General Provisions

    1. 188. General definitions and jurisdiction of the court

    2. 189.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 190. Special definitions applicable to Part VII

    4. 191.Short title; commencement; extent

  12. FIRST SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  13. SECOND SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  14. THIRD SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  15. FOURTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  16. FIFTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  17. SIXTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  18. SEVENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  19. EIGHTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  20. NINTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  21. TENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  22. ELEVENTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  23. TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH SCHEDULES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  24. FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE

    Provisions Relating to Perpetually Renewable Leases and Underleases

  25. SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE

An Act to assimilate and amend the law of real and personal estate, to abolish copyhold and other special tenures, to amend the law relating to commonable lands and of intestacy, and to amend the Wills Act, 1837, the Settled Land Acts, 1882 to 1890, the Conveyancing Acts, 1881 to 1911, the Trustee Act, 1893, and the Land Transfer Acts, 1875 and 1897.

[29th June 1922]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C2Act amended (1. 1. 1992) by S.I. 1991/2684, arts. 2(1), 4, Sch.1.

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 1. 1. 1926 by s. 191(2)(as amended, now repealed).

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