Part 2Registration

Notification

41Notification to proprietor

1

This section applies where—

a

the Keeper accepts an application under section 21 by virtue of it meeting the conditions in section 25, or

b

the Keeper registers a plot of land under section 29.

2

The Keeper is to notify—

a

the proprietor of the plot, and

b

any other person the Keeper considers appropriate.

3

The Keeper’s duty to notify persons under subsection (2) only applies in so far as the Keeper considers it reasonably practicable to notify them.

4

Notification is to be by such means as the Keeper considers appropriate.

5

Land register rules may make further provision about notification under subsection (2).

6

A failure to comply with subsection (2) or with any rules so made does not affect the competence or validity—

a

of the acceptance of the application in question, or

b

of the registration of the plot of land in question.