Section 52: Protection of disponees

Land Registration Act 2002 · 2002 c. 9View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Charges

Subject to any entry in the register to the contrary, the proprietor of a registered charge is to be taken to have, in relation to the property subject to the charge, the powers of disposition conferred by law on the owner of a legal mortgage.

Subsection (1) has effect only for the purpose of preventing the title of a disponee being questioned (and so does not affect the lawfulness of a disposition).

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