The Land Registry Act 1862 (
25 & 26 Vict c 53) was an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
. It was a first attempt at a system of
land registration.
This system proved ineffective and, following further attempts in 1875 and 1897, the present system was brought into force by the
Land Registration Act 1925
The Land Registration Act 1925 (LRA) was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that codified, prioritised and extended the system of land registration in England and Wales. It has largely been repealed, and updated in the Land Registration Ac ...
as amended by the
Land Registration Act 2002
The Land Registration Act 2002c 9 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed and replaced previous legislation governing land registration, in particular the Land Registration Act 1925, which governed an earlier, though sim ...
.
Notes
''This article incorporates content from the following article:
Land Registration.''
References
*Charles Fortescue-Bricksdale. The Practice of the Land Registry Under the Transfer of Land Act, 1862. Waterlow and Sons Limited. London. 1891
Google BooksThe Land Registry Act 1862
External links
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1862
English property law
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning England and Wales
Land registration
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