ID procedure – Chief Land Registrar’s Direction

A number of readers have questioned the legislative basis of the new Land Registry identification procedure. Although the new ID procedure came into force at the same time as the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008, the ID procedure is not contained in those rules. It is based on a Chief Land Registrar’s Direction issued under section 100(4) Land Registration Act 2002. To view the text of the direction, click on Registrar’s ID Direction.

Note that the exception in favour of UK banks and building societies only applies where it is the bank or building society itself that is applying to discharge a charge.