The Land Registration Act 1925 (LRA) was an

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in the

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that codified, prioritised and extended the system of

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. It has largely been repealed, and updated in the

Land Registration Act 2002 The Land Registration Act 2002c 9 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed and replaced previous legislation governing land registration, in particular the Land Registration Act 1925, which governed an earlier, though si ...

Background

After the

Land Registry Act 1862 The Land Registry Act 1862 ( 25 & 26 Vict c 53) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a first attempt at a system of land registration. This system proved ineffective and, following further attempts in 1875 and 1897, the p ...

and further attempts in 1875 and 1897 failed, as they either tried to register everything or largely relied on voluntary registration, the 1925 Act was drafted to ensure a more complete, but progressive system. The LRA 1925 was passed along with a package of reforms of the land and settlement system, including the

Law of Property Act 1925 The Law of Property Act 1925c 20 is a statute of the United Kingdom Parliament. It forms part of an interrelated programme of legislation introduced by Lord Chancellor Lord Birkenhead between 1922 and 1925. The programme was intended to modern ...

, the Trustee Act 1925, the Settled Land Act 1925 and the

Land Charges Act 1925 The Law of Property Acts or the 1925 land reforms commonly refers to a series of Acts of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom to reform the system of land holding, registration and transfer. The principal Acts are the Law of Property Act 1925, t ...

. The Act was amended by the Land Registration Act 1936. The subsequent

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made reference to the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

Content

The basic premise of the Act was that interests in registered land had to be registered in order to bind future purchasers of the property. One of the most important provisions was that if someone had not registered the interests listed in section 70, these would nevertheless "override" the rights of a future purchaser. In particular under section 70(1)(g), a person who had an equitable interest under a trust, and who was in actual occupation of the home, would be able to claim an overriding interest. The occupant would have priority over future purchases without his consent, as if his interest had been in fact registered.

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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1925 English property law Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning England and Wales Housing legislation in the United Kingdom Land registration {{UK-statute-stub

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