Land Registration Rules - 2008 changes

Following publication of the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008, a consolidated version of the Land Registration Rules 2003 now appears on the Land Registry website – see http://www1.landregistry.gov.uk/assets/library/custom_items/documents/La...

Of more immediate relevance is a detailed HMLR action booklet explaining the changes:
http://www1.landregistry.gov.uk/assets/library/documents/take_action.pdf

The changes (effective from 10th November 2008) include a whole new set of forms (with a transitional period, so that use of either the new form or the old form will be acceptable until 9th February 2009), new identification requirements, changes to the wording of the majority of standard form restrictions, and a few other miscellaneous changes. Beware – although a transitional period operates, it does not do so in respect of the form AP1, the form FR1, or standard form restrictions.

The practical implications of these changes are fully digested in this month’s CPI Update – September 2008.