Land Charges Act 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1972 c. 61 |
| Year | 1972 |
a register of land charges;a register of pending actions;a register of writs and orders affecting land;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a register of annuities,(2) Every application to register shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain the prescribed particulars.(3) Where any charge or other matter is registrable in more than one of the registers kept under this Act, it shall be sufficient if it is registered in one such register, and if it is so registered the person entitled to the benefit of it shall not be prejudicially affected by any provision of this Act as to the effect of non-registration in any other such register.(3A) Where any charge or other matter is registrable in a register kept under this Act and was also, before the commencement of the Local Land Charges Act 1975, registrable in a local land charges register, then, if before the commencement of the said Act it was registered in the appropriate local land charges register, it shall be treated for the purposes of the provisions of this Act as to the effect of non-registration as if it had been registered in the appropriate register under this Act; and any certificate setting out the result of an official search of the appropriate local land charges register shall, in relation to it, have effect as if it were a certificate setting out the result of an official search under this Act.(4) Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the register of annuities.(5) An office copy of an entry in any register kept under this section shall be admissible in evidence in all proceedings and between all parties to the same extent as the original would be admissible.(6) Subject to the provisions of this Act, registration may be vacated pursuant to an order of the court.in the case of a land charge of Class C(i) , C(ii) or D(i) , if the amount does not exceed £30,000;in the case of a land charge of Class C(iii) , if it is for a specified capital sum of money not exceeding £30,000 or, where it is not for a specified capital sum, if the capital value of the land affected does not exceed £30,000;in the case of a land charge of Class A, Class B, Class C(iv) , Class D(ii) , Class D(iii) or Class E if the capital value of the land affected does not exceed £30,000;in the case of a land charge of Class F, if the land affected by it is the subject of an order made by the court under section 1 of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 F3or section 33 of the Family Law Act 1996 or an application for an order under F4either of those sectionsrelating to that land has been made to the court;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(6B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(7) In this section “index” includes any device or combination of devices serving the purpose of an index.(1) If a charge on or obligation affecting land falls into one of the classes described in this section, it may be registered in the register of land charges as a land charge of that class.a rent or annuity or principal money payable by instalments or otherwise, with or without interest, which is not a charge created by deed but is a charge upon land (other than a rate) created pursuant to the application of some person under the provisions of any Act of Parliament, for securing to any person either the money spent by him or the costs, charges and expenses incurred by him under such Act, or the money advanced by him for repaying the money spent or the costs, charges and expenses incurred by another person under the authority of an Act of Parliament; ora rent or annuity or principal money payable as mentioned in paragraph (a) above which is not a charge created by deed but is a charge upon land (other than a rate) created pursuant to the application of some person under any of the enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act.(3) A Class B land charge is a charge on land (not being a local land charge . . . a puisne mortgage;a limited owner’s charge;a general equitable charge;an estate contract;and for this purpose—a puisne mortgage is a legal mortgage which is not protected by a deposit of documents relating to the legal estate affected;a limited owner’s charge is an equitable charge acquired by a tenant for life or statutory owner under F8the Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984F9or underany other statute by reason of the discharge by him of any F9capital transfer tax or other liabilities and to which special priority is given by the statute;is not secured by a deposit of documents relating to the
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