Section 82: Escheat etc

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

Part 7: Special cases

Rules may make provision about—

the determination of a registered freehold estate in land, and
the registration of an unregistered freehold legal estate in land in respect of land to which a former registered freehold estate in land related.

Rules under this section may, in particular—

make provision for determination to be dependent on the meeting of such registration requirements as the rules may specify;
make provision for entries relating to a freehold estate in land to continue in the register, notwithstanding determination, for such time as the rules may provide;
make provision for the making in the register in relation to a former freehold estate in land of such entries as the rules may provide;
make provision imposing requirements to be met in connection with an application for the registration of such an unregistered estate as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

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