
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Land Registration (Solicitor to H M Land Registry) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.
2 
In these Regulations:
(a) “the Act” means the Land Registration Act 1925;
(b) “a qualified person” means a person who has a 10 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; and
(c) “the Rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925.
3 
The acts of the registrar to which this regulation applies may be done by a registrar, being a qualified person, who shall be called the Solicitor to H M Land Registry.
4 
Regulation 3 applies to the acts of the registrar which are authorised or required to be done in pursuance of:
(a) the provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule to the extent specified in the second column thereof; and
(b) the provisions of the Rules specified in the first column of Part II of the Schedule to the extent specified in the second column thereof.
5 

(1) During a vacancy in the office of, or in the absence of, the Solicitor to H M Land Registry, the acts of the registrar to which regulation 3 applies may be done by another registrar who is a qualified person.
(2) Any registrar acting under the authority of paragraph (1) shall, while so acting, be styled Acting Solicitor to H M Land Registry.
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 1st November 1990
SCHEDULE
Regulation 4
PART 1

Provisions of the Act authorising or requiring acts to be done by the registrar Extent to which regulation 3 applies
Section 13 for the purpose of hearing and determining objections under proviso (b)
Section 15 for all purposes
Section 17 for all purposes
Section 82 for the purpose of rectifying the register (otherwise than pursuant to an order of the court or with the consent of all persons interested) and of making orders dispensing with production of land or charge certificates
Section 83(5)(c) for all purposes
PART II

Provisions of the Act authorising or requiring acts to be done by the registrar Extent to which regulation 3 applies
Rule 35(2) for all purposes
Rule 131 for the purpose of making any entry in or correction of the register (except where the power of disposing of the land has vested in a person other than the proprietor by the operation of any statute, statutory power or order of the court)
Rule 158 for all purposes
Rule 220 for all purposes
Rule 230(2) for all purposes
Rule 298 for all purposes
Rule 300 for all purposes
Rule 320 for all purposes
Rule 321 for all purposes