Land Charges Act 1900
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1900 c. 26 |
| Year | 1900 |
Land Charges Act, 1900
(63 & 64 Vict.) CHAPTER 26.
An Act to amend the Law relating to Charges on Land and to matters connected therewith.
[30th July 1900]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Transfer to Land Registry Office of business relatingto the registry of judgments.
(1)1.—(1.) The business of the registrar of judgments hitherto conducted in the central office of the Supreme Court shall be conducted in the Office of Land Registry, and the Lord Chancellor may by order provide for transferring to the Office of Land Registry such officers as may be required for conducting that business, and such books and papers as may be needed in connexion therewith, and for carrying out any arrangements incidental to or consequential on the transfer, and for abolishing the office of registrar of judgments.
(2) (2.) Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the registry of Scotch and Irish judgments established under the Judgments Extension Act, 1868 , and the Inferior Courts Judgments Extension Act, 1882 , or any Act amending the same.
(3) (3.) This section shall come into operation on such day as the Lord Chancellor at any time after the passing of this Act may by order direct.
2 Closing of register of judgments.
(1)2.—(1.) A judgment or recognizance, whether obtained or entered into on behalf of the Crown or otherwise, and whether obtained or entered into before or after the commencement of this Act, shall not operate as a charge on land, or on any interest in land, or on the unpaid purchase money for any land, unless or until a writ or order for the purpose of enforcing it is registered under section five of the Land Charges Registration and Searches Act, 1888 .
(2) (2.) This section shall apply to any inquisition finding a debt due to the Crown, and any obligation or specialty made to the Crown, and any acceptance of office from or under the Crown, whatever may have been its date, in like manner as it applies to a judgment.
(3) (3.) Except under an order of the High Court, no entry shall be made in any register kept under sections nineteen and twenty-one of the Judgments Act, 1838 , section eight of the Judgments Act, 1839 , the Law of Property Amendment Act, 1860 , the Judgments Act, 1864 , or the Crown Suits, &c. Act, 1865 .
3 Amendments of 51 & 52 Vict. c. 51.
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