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.