Land Registry Practice Bulletin 18 - rule changes

As mentioned in this month’s CPI Update (Issue 71) the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2009 (SI 2009/1996) amend the Land Registration Rules 2003 from October 1 to:
(a) make provision concerning the registration of charges by overseas companies. See new Rule 111A LRR 2003;
(b) change the references to “registered number in England and Wales” that appear in the Land Registry prescribed forms (and prescribed clauses in leases) to “registered number in the United Kingdom”; and
(c) provide an additional form of execution by limited liability partnerships, so that a single member of the LLP can execute on behalf of it if the member’s signature is witnessed. See new Form F(ii), Schedule 9, LRR 2003. The reason for this change is that the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 apply section 44 CA 2006 (dealing with the execution of documents) to LLPs in a modified form so that a document is validly executed by an LLP if it is signed on behalf of the LLP by two members, or by a member in the presence of a witness who attests.

To explain its rule amendments in greater detail, the Land Registry has issued a new Practice Bulletin. Click on LRPB 18.