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(1) This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1997, may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd March 1998.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:
 “district land registry” means a district registry of the Land Registry within the meaning of section 132 of the Land Registration Act 1925;
 “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.
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(1) The name of the Nottingham District Land Registry shall be changed to the Nottingham (East) District Land Registry.
(2) Subject to the change of name effected by paragraph (1), there shall continue to be district land registries bearing the names specified in column 1 in Part I of the Schedule.
(3) There shall be a new district land registry bearing the name specified in column 1 in Part II of the Schedule.
(4) 
(a) The district of each district land registry shall comprise before 1st April 1998 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 2 in Part I or, as the case may be, Part II of the Schedule.
(b) The district of each district land registry shall comprise on and from 1st April 1998 to 4th May 1998 inclusive the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 3 in Part I or, as the case may be, Part II of the Schedule.
(c) The district of each district land registry shall comprise on and from 5th May 1998 to 4th October 1998 inclusive the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 4 in Part I or, as the case may be, Part II of the Schedule.
(d) The district of each district land registry shall comprise on and from 5th October 1998 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 5 in Part I or, as the case may be, Part II of the Schedule.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 14th January 1998We concur,
Jim Dowd
Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 23rd January 1998
SCHEDULE
Article 2
PART I

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
District Land Registry Administrative Areas (before 1st April 1998) Administrative Areas (1st April to 4th May 1998 inclusive) Administrative Areas (5th May to 4th October 1998 inclusive) Administrative Areas (on and from 5th October 1998)
Birkenhead CheshireHammersmith and FulhamKensington and ChelseaMerseysideStaffordshireStoke-on-Trent CheshireHaltonHammersmith and FulhamKensington and ChelseaMerseysideStaffordshireStoke-on-TrentWarrington CheshireHaltonHammersmith and FulhamKensington and ChelseaMerseysideStaffordshireStoke-on-TrentWarrington CheshireHaltonHammersmith and FulhamKensington and ChelseaMerseysideStaffordshireStoke-on-TrentWarrington
Coventry West Midlands West Midlands West Midlands West Midlands
Croydon BexleyBromleyCroydonSutton BexleyBromleyCroydonSutton BexleyBromleyCroydonMertonSutton BexleyBromleyCroydonMertonSutton
Durham (Boldon House) CumbriaSurrey CumbriaSurrey CumbriaSurrey CumbriaSurrey
Durham (Southfield House) DarlingtonDurhamHartlepoolMiddlesbroughNorthumberlandRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesTyne and Wear DarlingtonDurhamHartlepoolMiddlesbroughNorthumberlandRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesTyne and Wear DarlingtonDurhamHartlepoolMiddlesbroughNorthumberlandRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesTyne and Wear DarlingtonDurhamHartlepoolMiddlesbroughNorthumberlandRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesTyne and Wear
Gloucester BerkshireBristolGloucestershireOxfordshireSouth GloucestershireWarwickshire BracknellBristolGloucestershireNewburyOxfordshireReadingSloughSouth GloucestershireWarwickshireWindsor and MaidenheadWokingham BracknellBristolGloucestershireNewburyOxfordshireReadingSloughSouth GloucestershireWarwickshireWindsor and MaidenheadWokingham BracknellBristolGloucestershireNewburyOxfordshireReadingSloughSouth GloucestershireWarwickshireWindsor and MaidenheadWokingham
Harrow BarnetBrentCamdenCity of WestminsterThe City of LondonHarrowIslingtonThe Inner Temple and the Middle Temple BarnetBrentCamdenCity of WestminsterThe City of LondonHarrowIslingtonThe Inner Temple and the Middle Temple BrentCamdenCity of WestminsterThe City of LondonHarrowIslingtonThe Inner Temple and the Middle Temple BrentCamdenCity of WestminsterThe City of LondonHarrowIslingtonThe Inner Temple and the Middle Temple
Kingston upon Hull East Riding of YorkshireKingston upon HullLincolnshireNorfolkNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireSuffolk East Riding of YorkshireKingston upon HullLincolnshireNorfolkNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireSuffolk East Riding of YorkshireKingston upon HullLincolnshireNorfolkNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireSuffolk Kingston upon HullLincolnshireNorfolkNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireSuffolk
Leicester BuckinghamshireLeicesterLeicestershireMilton KeynesRutland BuckinghamshireLeicesterLeicestershireMilton KeynesRutland BuckinghamshireLeicesterLeicestershireMilton KeynesRutland BuckinghamshireLeicesterLeicestershireMilton KeynesRutland
Lytham Greater ManchesterLancashire Blackburn with DarwenBlackpoolLancashireGreater Manchester Blackburn with DarwenBlackpoolLancashireGreater Manchester Blackburn with DarwenBlackpoolLancashireGreater Manchester
Nottingham (East) NottinghamshireSouth Yorkshire NottinghamNottinghamshireSouth Yorkshire NottinghamNottinghamshireSouth Yorkshire NottinghamNottinghamshireSouth Yorkshire
Peterborough BedfordshireCambridgeshireEssexLutonNorthamptonshire BedfordshireCambridgeshireEssexLutonNorthamptonshirePeterboroughSouthend-on-SeaThurrock BedfordshireCambridgeshireEssexLutonNorthamptonshirePeterboroughSouthend-on-SeaThurrock BedfordshireCambridgeshireEssexLutonNorthamptonshirePeterboroughSouthend-on-SeaThurrock
Plymouth Bath and North East SomersetCornwallDevonIsle of ScillyNorth SomersetSomerset Bath and North East SomersetCornwallDevonIsles of ScillyNorth SomersetPlymouthSomersetTorbay Bath and North East SomersetCornwallDevonIsles of ScillyNorth SomersetPlymouthSomersetTorbay Bath and North East SomersetCornwallDevonIsles of ScillyNorth SomersetPlymouthSomersetTorbay
Portsmouth Brighton and HoveEast SussexIsle of WightWest Sussex Brighton and HoveEast SussexIsle of WightWest Sussex Brighton and HoveEast SussexIsle of WightWest Sussex Brighton and HoveEast SussexIsle of WightPortsmouthWest Sussex
Stevenage Barking and DagenhamEnfieldHackneyHaringeyHaveringHertfordshireNewhamRedbridgeTower HamletsWaltham Forest Barking and DagenhamEnfieldHackneyHaringeyHaveringHertfordshireNewhamRedbridgeTower HamletsWaltham Forest Barking and DagenhamEnfieldHackneyHaringeyHaveringHertfordshireNewhamRedbridgeTower HamletsWaltham Forest Barking and DagenhamEnfieldHackneyHaringeyHaveringHertfordshireNewhamRedbridgeTower HamletsWaltham Forest
SwanseaCofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Abertawe EalingHereford and WorcesterHillingdonHounslow EalingHerefordshireHillingdonHounslowWorcestershire BarnetEalingHillingdonHounslowWorcestershire BarnetEalingHillingdonHounslowWorcestershire
Telford GreenwichKingston upon ThamesLambethLewishamMertonRichmond upon ThamesShropshireSouthwarkWandsworth GreenwichKingston upon ThamesLambethLewishamMertonRichmond upon ThamesShropshireSouthwarkThe WrekinWandsworth GreenwichHerefordshireKingston upon ThamesLambethLewishamRichmond upon ThamesShropshireSouthwarkThe WrekinWandsworth GreenwichHerefordshireKingston upon ThamesLambethLewishamRichmond upon ThamesShropshireSouthwarkThe WrekinWandsworth
Tunbridge Wells Kent KentMedway Towns KentMedway Towns KentMedway Towns
District Land Registry for WalesCofrestrfa Tir Ddosbarthol Cymru All counties and county boroughs in Wales All counties and county boroughs in Wales All counties and county boroughs in Wales All counties and county boroughs in Wales
Weymouth BournemouthDorsetHampshirePoolePortsmouthSouthamptonSwindonWiltshire BournemouthDorsetHampshirePoolePortsmouthSouthamptonSwindonWiltshire BournemouthDorsetHampshirePoolePortsmouthSouthamptonSwindonWiltshire BournemouthDorsetHampshirePooleSouthamptonSwindonWiltshire
York North YorkshireYork North YorkshireYork North YorkshireYork East Riding of YorkshireNorth YorkshireYork
PART II

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
District Land Registry Administrative Areas (before 1st April 1998) Administrative Areas (1st April to 5th May 1998 inclusive) Administrative Areas (5th May to 4th October 1998 inclusive) Administrative Areas (on and from 5th October 1998)
Nottingham (West) DerbyDerbyshireWest Yorkshire DerbyDerbyshireWest Yorkshire DerbyDerbyshireWest Yorkshire DerbyDerbyshireWest Yorkshire