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Leasehold Information Bill [HL]


 

Leasehold Information Bill [HL]

 

A

Bill

To

Amend the Land Registration Rules 2003 in relation to registered leasehold

estates. 

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Amendment of Land Registration Rules

(1)   

The Land Registration Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1417) are amended as follows.

(2)   

In rule 6 for sub-rule (1) substitute—

“(1)   

The property register of a registered leasehold estate must also

contain—

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(a)   

the lease in the form of—

(i)   

an official copy;

(ii)   

any other copy; or

(iii)   

an edited information document if, despite all

reasonable efforts and enquiries by the person

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responsible for the registration, it can only be obtained

by him in that form;

(b)   

such regulations or rules as are made for the purposes of

managing the property by—

(i)   

the current lessor;

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(ii)   

such managing agents as are appointed or proposed by

the lessor to manage the property; and

(iii)   

such other persons as manage or are likely to manage

the property, and their predecessors (if any); and

(c)   

sufficient further particulars of the registered lease as may be

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required to enable that lease to be identified.”

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Short title, commencement and extent

(1)   

This Act may be cited as the Leasehold Information Act 2007.

 
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Leasehold Information Bill [HL]

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(2)   

This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning

on the day on which it is passed.

(3)   

This Act extends to England and Wales only.

 

 
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