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Compulsory registration
Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:37 2006
The 1925 law of property reforms envisaged a system of total registration of interests in
land (see RegisteredLand). However, it was decided that it would be too much of an administrative
burden to make registration compulsory over the whole of England and Wales at the same time.
Instead, England and Wales was divided into
areas, and each was given a date at which registration should become compulsory. The last
regions to become compulsory registration areas did so on December 1st, 1990.
The fact that registration is compulsory does not mean that everyone who owns
UnregisteredLand must immediately register it. Registration is necessary when certain
events take place (see EventsTriggeringFirstRegistration), such as a sale and purchase.
Because land is not sold that frequently compared to other property, there does remain
at the present time a small but significant area of land that is still unregistered.
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