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The Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1987

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2.—(1) There shall be district registries bearing the names and at the places specified in column 1 of the Schedule.

(2) Each district registry shall be the proper office for the registration of titles to land and for the delivery of any application relating to land in its district, which shall comprise the administrative areas specified opposite its name in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule: Provided that—

(a)the county of Leicestershire shall not form part of the district of the Nottingham District Land Registry before 1st July 1987 and shall not form part of the district of the Peterborough District Land Registry on or after that date;

(b)the county of Essex shall not form part of the district of the Peterborough District Land Registry before 1st October 1987 and shall not form part of the district of the Stevenage District Land Registry on or after that date;

(c)the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow shall not form part of the district of the Swansea District Land Registry before 1st October 1987 and shall not form part of the district of the Harrow District Land Registry on or after that date; and the provisions of the Schedule shall be construed accordingly.

(3) The district registrar appointed for each district shall have the powers and indemnity conferred by section 133 of the Act: Provided that—

(a)nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as giving a district registrar any powers or duties which are exercisable only by the Chief Land Registrar; and

(b)all powers and duties of the district registrar shall be exercised under the general direction and authority of the Chief Land Registrar.

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