Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Land Registration Act 2002 (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 6 April 2009.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Land Registration Act 2002.

Amendment of section 4 of the Act

2. —(1) In section 4 of the Act (when title must be registered), subsection (1) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (a), omit the “or” preceding sub-paragraph (ii), and after that sub-paragraph insert—

“ or

(iii) giving effect to a partition of land subject to a trust of land; ” .

(3) After paragraph (a) insert—

“ (aa) the transfer of a qualifying estate—

(i) by a deed that appoints, or by virtue of section 83 of the Charities Act 1993 has effect as if it appointed, a new trustee or is made in consequence of the appointment of a new trustee, or

(ii) by a vesting order under section 44 of the Trustee Act 1925 that is consequential on the appointment of a new trustee; ” .

Amendment of section 7 of the Act

3. In section 7 of the Act (effect of non-compliance with section 6), in subsection (2), before the “and “ at the end of paragraph (a) insert—

“ (aa) in a case fallling within section 4(1)(aa), the title to the legal estate reverts to the person in whom it was vested immediately before the transfer, ” ,