Chapter 4 Self-test questions

Which of the following statements about land registration are true? Please select all that apply.

The present system of compulsory registration of title was introduced by the Land Registration Act 1925.

The current legislation regulating registration of title is the Land Registration Act 2002.

The Land Registration 2002 made no substantive changes to the law relating to registration of title.

One important change made by the Land Registration Act 2002 was the introduction of provisions for electronic conveyancing.

Which of the following are within the scope of registration of title? Please select all that apply.

Estates in land

A profit à prendre in gross

A charge (mortgage) over registered land

Any legal interest created by the disposition of an interest in registered land

Any land which is not yet registered must be registered immediately.

True

False

The transfer of a registered freehold estate in land is called a registrable disposition.

True

False

To what types of interests will the first registered proprietor of a freehold estate be subject? Please select all that apply.

Interests which are the subject of an entry in the register in relation to the estate.

Interests which do not appear on the register, but which override first registration.

All equitable interests in the land.

Rights of beneficiaries if the proprietor is holding the land on trust.

Mark sells his house, which is unregistered land, to Rita. By mistake, the conveyance includes part of Diana's garden. Rita is registered as the first registered proprietor with absolute title of all the land in the conveyance, including the part which did not belong to Mark. What is the effect of the registration?

Rita is the legal owner of all the land, even the bit which is really part of Diana's garden.

Since the bit of the land which is really part of Diana's garden did not belong to Mark, the registration will have no effect on that part, and Rita will be the owner of Mark's land only.

Rita is the equitable owner of the land.

Since there is a mistake in the conveyance, the registration will have no effect. Mark and Diana will still be the owners of the land.

Match the term with the definition.

A notice on the register of title to which the proprietor will not agree, and which consequently represents a disputed interest

A notice on the register of title that is either requested or agreed to by the proprietor, or the validity of which satisfies the registrar

A limitation on the right of a registered proprietor to deal with the land or charge in a registered title

An entry on the register of title which requires the registrar to warn the person entering the notice about an application to register the land

Which statements about LRA 2002 sch. 1 (unregistered interests which override first registration) and LRA 2002 sch. 3 (unregistered interests which override registered dispositions) are correct? Please select all that apply.

Schedule 1 contains more interests in land.

Schedule 3 contains more interests in land.

Under schedule 3, rights of a person in actual occupation of the land must be obvious on a reasonably careful inspection of the land, or actually known to the person acquiring the land.

Under schedule 1, there is no requirement that a legal easement be obvious on a reasonably careful inspection of the land, or used within the past year, or actually known to the person acquiring the land.

The effect of LRA 2002 s.26 is to make lawful any disposition of registered land that is not prohibited by the Act or by an entry on the register.

True

False

Match the definition to the correct word or phrase.

Any change to the register

A change to the register that is made to correct a mistake and which prejudicially affects the title of the registered proprietor

Compensation payable by the state if loss is caused by errors in the register

Person against whom rectification will not usually be ordered without his or her consent

Jo has just been registered as the proprietor of Sunnybanks. She planned to use the land to build a house, but has just found out that Pete has a right of way over the land which is an overriding interest. This has made it much harder to build efficiently on the land, and has made the land less valuable. Jo has been told she can claim an indemnity form the land registry. Is this advice true or false?

True

False

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