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2003 No. 2342

LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Land Registration (Acting Adjudicator) Regulations 2003

Made

8th September 2003

Laid before Parliament

11th September 2003

Coming into force

13th October 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to the Land Registration Act 2002( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Land Registration (Acting Adjudicator) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 13th October 2003.

Appointment

2. —(1) The Lord Chancellor may, in order to facilitate the disposal of the business of the adjudicator, appoint a person to carry out the functions of the adjudicator during any vacancy in that office.

(2) To be qualified for appointment under paragraph (1), a person must hold the office of district judge (as defined in section 74(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990( 2 )).

(3) The person appointed shall carry out the functions of the adjudicator during the vacancy, unless within that period, he:—

(a) dies; or

(b) resigns by giving notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor; or

(c) is removed by the Lord Chancellor on the grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour.

Functions

3. Every person appointed, whilst acting under these Regulations, shall have all the jurisdiction and powers of the person appointed to the office of adjudicator pursuant to section 107 of the Land Registration Act 2002.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

David Lammy

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

8th September 2003

( 1 )

2002 c. 9 .

( 2 )

1990 c. 41 .

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The Land Registration (Acting Adjudicator) Regulations 2003 (2003/2342)

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