HM Land Registry practice guide updates: PG1, PG6, PG19, PG24, PG73
First registrations (PG1)
Page summary:
Guidance for conveyancers on how to register unregistered estates in land for the first time (practice guide 1).
Change made:
Section 5.8 has been updated as where an application for first registration is not based upon a disposition for value, we may, without further reference to you, make an entry relating to inheritance tax if you do not provide the appropriate evidence that it has been paid.
Devolution on the death of a registered proprietor (PG6)
Page summary:
What to do following the death of a joint, sole or last surviving proprietor of a registered estate, charge or mortgage (practice guide 6).
Change made:
Section 2.3.2 has been amended to include information on grants ad colligenda bona.
Notices, restrictions and protection of third-party interests (PG19)
Page summary:
How to apply for a notice or restriction to protect a third-party interest in an estate (practice guide 19).
Change made:
Section 3.9.2 has been updated as an application for cancellation may also be appropriate as well as a withdrawal of a restriction.
Private trusts of land (PG24)
Page summary:
Guidance on applications to register transactions involving trustees of land, aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 24).
Change made:
Section 2.2.5 has been amended to clarify when it might not be appropriate to apply for a Form B restriction.
Statements of truth (PG73)
Page summary:
Information about the use of statements of truth in support of applications to HM Land Registry (practice guide 73).
Change made:
Section 3 has been updated to clarify that while rule 215A of the Land Registration Rules 2003 does not require a statement of truth to be dated, the registrar has the power to request this (pursuant to rule 17).
Note – PG1 and PG19 were updated 6am 23rd December 2022. All others were updated 6am 3rd January 2023.
