3.—(1) For rule 1(5A) of the Principal Rules there shall be substituted:
“(5A) “Proper office” means the district land registry designated as the proper office by article 2(2) of the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1991(1).”.
(2) In rule 1 of the Principal Rules the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (5G):
“(5H) In rules 42, 90, 267, 306(2) and 310(1) “Registry” shall include any premises where documents are stored on behalf of the Registrar.”.
4. In rule 9(3) of the Principal Rules the words “, together with a short description of the property comprised in each title concerned, and, in the case of the proprietor of a charge, the date of the charge” shall be omitted.
5. The following rule shall be substituted for rule 17 of the Principal Rules:
17.—(1) The Registrar may at any time when he considers it desirable, make a new edition of the register containing only the subsisting entries, and he may, in doing so, make any rearrangement that may appear to him conducive to clarity, including the altering of the number of the title and, subject to paragraph (2), the division of the title into two or more titles.
(2) A rearrangement of the register which includes the division of the title into two or more titles shall only be made under paragraph (1) on the application of the registered proprietor of the land, or after notice to the registered proprietor of the land and the registered proprietor of any charge.
(3) Such arrangements shall be made as to the recalling of the land and charge certificates and for the issue of new certificates as may be necessary.”.
6. Rules 92 and 93 of the Principal Rules are revoked.
7. In rule 262 of the Principal Rules the words “either the original or” shall be inserted at the beginning of paragraph (1)(a).