Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 925
Land Charges, England And Wales
The Land Charges Fees Rules 2024
Made
9th September 2024
Coming into force
9th December 2024
The Secretary of State with the concurrence of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9(1), 10(2), 16(1) and 17(1) of the Land Charges Act 1972( 1 ) makes the following Rules—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) These Rules may be cited as the Land Charges Fees Rules 2024 and shall come into force on 9th December 2024.
(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires –
“ the Act ” means the Land Charges Act 1972;
“ electronic means ” means electronically in accordance with a notice given under Schedule 3 to the Land Charges Rules 1974( 2 ) but not by email;
“ fee ” means a fee specified in the Schedule.
Fees
2. The fees for the applications specified in the Schedule shall be those set out in that Schedule.
Method of payment
3. —(1) Fees payable under these Rules shall be paid in money in accordance with the Land Charges (Fees) Order 1990( 3 ).
(2) The fee must be paid on delivery of the application.
(3) Unless the registrar otherwise directs, or where paragraph (4) applies, the fee shall be paid by cheque or postal order crossed and made payable to HM LandRegistry.
(4) Where there is an agreement between the registrar and the applicant, a fee may be paid by direct debit or other means to such bank account of the registry as the registrar may from time to time direct.
Revocation
4. The Land Charges Fees Rules 1990( 4 ) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
9th September 2024
We concur,
Jeff Smith
Vicky Foxcroft
Two of the Lord Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
9th September 2024
Rule 2
SCHEDULE
| Application | Amount of fee | |
|---|---|---|
(1) Registration, renewal, rectification, or cancellation of an entry in any register - per name | £5 | |
(2) Certificate of cancellation - per name | nil | |
(3) Entry of priority notice - per name | £5 | |
(4) Inspection of an entry in the register | ||
(a) where the application is by electronic means – per entry | £5 | |
(b) where the application is by other permitted means – per entry | £6 | |
(5) Office copy of an entry in the register (including any plan) | ||
(a) where the application is by electronic means – per copy | £5 | |
(b) where the application is by other permitted means – per copy | £6 | |
(6) Official search in the index (including issue of certificate of result) | ||
(a) where the application is by electronic means - per name | £6 | |
(b) where the application is by other permitted means - per name | £7 | |
1972 c. 61 . The function of the Lord Chancellor to make rules (with the concurrence of the Treasury as to fees) under section 16(1) of the Land Charges Act 1972 was transferred to the Secretary of State by article 3(1) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Her Majesty’s Land Registry, the Meteorological Office and Ordnance Survey) Order 2011 ( S.I. 2011/2436 ). Section 16 was amended by article 6 of, and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to, the Order.
S.I. 1974/1286 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1986/2001 , S.I. 1995/1355 , S.I. 2005/1981 , S.I. 2009/1307 , S.I. 2012/2884 and S.I. 2016/481 .
S.I. 1990/327 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/286 and 2012/2910 .