Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 140

      The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1998


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


1998 No. 140

LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1998

  Made 23rd January 1998 
  Coming into force 2nd March 1998 

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) Order 1997[2], may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd March 1998.

    (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 name of the Nottingham District Land Registry shall be changed to the Nottingham (East) District Land Registry.

    (2) Subject to the change of name effected by paragraph (1), there shall continue to be district land registries bearing the names specified in column 1 in Part I of the Schedule.

    (3) There shall be a new district land registry bearing the name specified in column 1 in Part II of the Schedule.

    (4)


Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 14th January 1998



We concur,


Jim Dowd

Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

Dated 23rd January 1998



SCHEDULE
Article 2



PART I

CONTINUING DISTRICT LAND REGISTRIES

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
District Land Registry Administrative Areas (before 1st April 1998) Administrative Areas (1st April to 4th May 1998 inclusive) Administrative Areas (5th May to 4th October 1998 inclusive) Administrative Areas (on and from 5th October 1998)
Birkenhead Cheshire

Hammersmith and Fulham

Kensington and Chelsea

Merseyside

Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Cheshire

Halton

Hammersmith and Fulham

Kensington and Chelsea

Merseyside

Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Warrington

Cheshire

Halton

Hammersmith and Fulham

Kensington and Chelsea

Merseyside

Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Warrington

Cheshire

Halton

Hammersmith and Fulham

Kensington and Chelsea

Merseyside

Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Warrington

Coventry West Midlands West Midlands West Midlands West Midlands
Croydon Bexley

Bromley

Croydon

Sutton

Bexley

Bromley

Croydon

Sutton

Bexley

Bromley

Croydon

Merton

Sutton

Bexley

Bromley

Croydon

Merton

Sutton

Durham (Boldon House) Cumbria

Surrey

Cumbria

Surrey

Cumbria

Surrey

Cumbria

Surrey

Durham (Southfield House) Darlington

Durham

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

Northumberland

Redcar and Cleveland

Stockton-on-Tees

Tyne and Wear

Darlington

Durham

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

Northumberland

Redcar and Cleveland

Stockton-on-Tees

Tyne and Wear

Darlington

Durham

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

Northumberland

Redcar and Cleveland

Stockton-on-Tees

Tyne and Wear

Darlington

Durham

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

Northumberland

Redcar and Cleveland

Stockton-on-Tees

Tyne and Wear

Gloucester Berkshire

Bristol

Gloucestershire

Oxfordshire

South Gloucestershire

Warwickshire

Bracknell

Bristol

Gloucestershire

Newbury

Oxfordshire

Reading

Slough

South Gloucestershire

Warwickshire

Windsor and Maidenhead

Wokingham

Bracknell

Bristol

Gloucestershire

Newbury

Oxfordshire

Reading

Slough

South Gloucestershire

Warwickshire

Windsor and Maidenhead

Wokingham

Bracknell

Bristol

Gloucestershire

Newbury

Oxfordshire

Reading

Slough

South Gloucestershire

Warwickshire

Windsor and Maidenhead

Wokingham

Harrow Barnet

Brent

Camden

City of Westminster

The City of London

Harrow

Islington

The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple

Barnet

Brent

Camden

City of Westminster

The City of London

Harrow

Islington

The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple

Brent

Camden

City of Westminster

The City of London

Harrow

Islington

The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple

Brent

Camden

City of Westminster

The City of London

Harrow

Islington

The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple

Kingston upon Hull East Riding of Yorkshire

Kingston upon Hull

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

North East Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

Suffolk

East Riding of Yorkshire

Kingston upon Hull

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

North East Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

Suffolk

East Riding of Yorkshire

Kingston upon Hull

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

North East Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

Suffolk

Kingston upon Hull

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

North East Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

Suffolk

Leicester Buckinghamshire

Leicester

Leicestershire

Milton Keynes

Rutland

Buckinghamshire

Leicester

Leicestershire

Milton Keynes

Rutland

Buckinghamshire

Leicester

Leicestershire

Milton Keynes

Rutland

Buckinghamshire

Leicester

Leicestershire

Milton Keynes

Rutland

Lytham Greater Manchester

Lancashire

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Lancashire

Greater Manchester

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Lancashire

Greater Manchester

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Lancashire

Greater Manchester

Nottingham (East) Nottinghamshire

South Yorkshire

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

South Yorkshire

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

South Yorkshire

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

South Yorkshire

Peterborough Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Essex

Luton

Northamptonshire

Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Essex

Luton

Northamptonshire

Peterborough

Southend-on-Sea

Thurrock

Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Essex

Luton

Northamptonshire

Peterborough

Southend-on-Sea

Thurrock

Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Essex

Luton

Northamptonshire

Peterborough

Southend-on-Sea

Thurrock

Plymouth Bath and North East Somerset

Cornwall

Devon

Isle of Scilly

North Somerset

Somerset

Bath and North East Somerset

Cornwall

Devon

Isles of Scilly

North Somerset

Plymouth

Somerset

Torbay

Bath and North East Somerset

Cornwall

Devon

Isles of Scilly

North Somerset

Plymouth

Somerset

Torbay

Bath and North East Somerset

Cornwall

Devon

Isles of Scilly

North Somerset

Plymouth

Somerset

Torbay

Portsmouth Brighton and Hove

East Sussex

Isle of Wight

West Sussex

Brighton and Hove

East Sussex

Isle of Wight

West Sussex

Brighton and Hove

East Sussex

Isle of Wight

West Sussex

Brighton and Hove

East Sussex

Isle of Wight

Portsmouth

West Sussex

Stevenage Barking and Dagenham

Enfield

Hackney

Haringey

Havering

Hertfordshire

Newham

Redbridge

Tower Hamlets

Waltham Forest

Barking and Dagenham

Enfield

Hackney

Haringey

Havering

Hertfordshire

Newham

Redbridge

Tower Hamlets

Waltham Forest

Barking and Dagenham

Enfield

Hackney

Haringey

Havering

Hertfordshire

Newham

Redbridge

Tower Hamlets

Waltham Forest

Barking and Dagenham

Enfield

Hackney

Haringey

Havering

Hertfordshire

Newham

Redbridge

Tower Hamlets

Waltham Forest

Swansea

Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Abertawe

Ealing

Hereford and Worcester

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Ealing

Herefordshire

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Worcestershire

Barnet

Ealing

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Worcestershire

Barnet

Ealing

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Worcestershire

Telford Greenwich

Kingston upon Thames

Lambeth

Lewisham

Merton

Richmond upon Thames

Shropshire

Southwark

Wandsworth

Greenwich

Kingston upon Thames

Lambeth

Lewisham

Merton

Richmond upon Thames

Shropshire

Southwark

The Wrekin

Wandsworth

Greenwich

Herefordshire

Kingston upon Thames

Lambeth

Lewisham

Richmond upon Thames

Shropshire

Southwark

The Wrekin

Wandsworth

Greenwich

Herefordshire

Kingston upon Thames

Lambeth

Lewisham

Richmond upon Thames

Shropshire

Southwark

The Wrekin

Wandsworth

Tunbridge Wells Kent Kent

Medway Towns

Kent

Medway Towns

Kent

Medway Towns

District Land Registry for Wales

Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Cymru

All counties and county boroughs in Wales All counties and county boroughs in Wales All counties and county boroughs in Wales All counties and county boroughs in Wales
Weymouth Bournemouth

Dorset

Hampshire

Poole

Portsmouth

Southampton

Swindon

Wiltshire

Bournemouth

Dorset

Hampshire

Poole

Portsmouth

Southampton

Swindon

Wiltshire

Bournemouth

Dorset

Hampshire

Poole

Portsmouth

Southampton

Swindon

Wiltshire

Bournemouth

Dorset

Hampshire

Poole

Southampton

Swindon

Wiltshire

York North Yorkshire

York

North Yorkshire

York

North Yorkshire

York

East Riding of Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

York




PART II

NEW DISTRICT LAND REGISTRY

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
District Land Registry Administrative Areas (before 1st April 1998) Administrative Areas (1st April to 5th May 1998 inclusive) Administrative Areas (5th May to 4th October 1998 inclusive) Administrative Areas (on and from 5th October 1998)
Nottingham (West) Derby

Derbyshire

West Yorkshire

Derby

Derbyshire

West Yorkshire

Derby

Derbyshire

West Yorkshire

Derby

Derbyshire

West Yorkshire




EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order, on 2nd March 1998, supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1997 and:

    (1) changes the name of the Nottingham District Land Registry to the Nottingham (East) District Land Registry;

    (2) creates a new district land registry called the Nottingham (West) District Land Registry;

    (3) transfers responsibility for the registration of titles in Derby, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire from the Nottingham (East) District Land Registry (formerly the Nottingham District Land Registry) to the new Nottingham (West) District Land Registry;

    (4) on 5th May 1998 transfers responsibility for the registration of titles in Barnet, Herefordshire and Merton from the Harrow, Swansea and Telford District Land Registries respectively to the Swansea, Telford and Croydon District Land Registries respectively;

    (5) on 5th October 1998 transfers responsibility for the registration of titles in Portsmouth and East Riding of Yorkshire from the Weymouth and Kingston upon Hull District Land Registries respectively to the Portsmouth and York District Land Registries respectively;

    (6) takes account of the changes made to administrative areas in England on 1st April 1998 by:

         The Cheshire (Boroughs of Halton and Warrington) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1863);

         The Devon (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1865);

         The Shropshire (District of The Wrekin) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1866);

         The Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1867);

         The Lancashire (Boroughs of Blackburn and Blackpool) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1868);

         The Essex (Boroughs of Colchester, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock and District of Tendring) (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1875);

         The Kent (Borough of Gillingham and City of Rochester-upon-Medway) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1876);

         The Cambridgeshire (City of Peterborough) (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1878);

         The Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1879);

but otherwise leaves unaltered the districts of the following District Land Registries:

           Birkenhead

           Coventry

           Durham (Boldon House)

           Durham (Southfield House)

           Gloucester

           Leicester

           Lytham

           Peterborough

           Plymouth

           Stevenage

           Tunbridge Wells

           Wales/Cofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Cymru


Notes:

[1] 1925 c.21.back

[2] S.I. 1997/1534.back



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