SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTIONS 2 AND 3
PART I ENGLAND AND WALES
Registered land
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1
If an estate which the Secretary of State proposes to vest in himself is registered land—
a
he shall be treated for the purposes of the searches rules as a purchaser within the meaning of those rules; and
b
the deed vesting the registered land in him shall be treated for the purposes of those rules as the instrument effecting the purchase.
2
If after vesting registered land in himself the Secretary of State lodges the vesting deed at the registry the registrar shall register him as the proprietor of the land.