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Guidance: Notices, restrictions and protection of third-party interests (PG19)

Land Registry

February 26
06:00 2024

This guide gives advice about how to apply for a notice or a restriction to protect a third-party interest in a registered estate or charge. It explains the effect of existing register entries in respect of third party interests and explains what applications may be made in respect of existing entries. It is aimed at conveyancers and you should interpret references to you accordingly. HM Land Registry staff will also refer to it.

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Published 13 October 2003
Last updated 26 February 2024 +show all updates
  1. Sections 3.1.5.8 and 3.1.6.8 have been amended to include our practice on compliance with company anti-fraud restrictions.

  2. Section 3.1.5.6 has been amended to include guidance on compliance with company counter fraud restrictions. A note has been added in section 3.5.1 about the action we will take when an application is made to enter a restriction in Form LL at the same time as an application to register another disposition. We have amended section 3.8 to clarify what is required when seeking, under rule 130 of the Land Registration Rules 2003, alteration of a document containing an application for a restriction, where a mistake was made by the parties in the restriction applied for.

  3. Section 3.5.3 has been amended to correct some incorrect panel number references.

  4. Clarification has been added for altering and modifying a restriction (Sections 3.8 and 3.9). The guide now details the circumstances in which restrictions can be altered and sets out the powers of the registrar in making modifications.

  5. Section 3.1.5.2 has been amended to clarify that certificates or consents signed per pro are not acceptable.

  6. Clarification on complying with a Form LL restriction (section 3.1.5.8) a personal representative may be an executor or an administrator at the time of vesting.

  7. Section 6.26 has been amended to include guidance on how applications can be made for a non-standard restriction by the attorney named in a lasting power of attorney under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, as an attorney cannot apply for a standard Form RR restriction.

  8. Section 3.1.5.8 has been added giving guidance about how we proceed when we receive a deed signed by someone who is not the registered proprietor when there is a restriction in Form LL in the register.

  9. Section 3.1.5.7 has been added giving guidance about restrictions when we register a transfer of part.

  10. Section 6.17 has been amended to clarify our practice on how a vendors lien might be protected after the disposition has been registered.

  11. Section 3.9.2 has been updated as an application for cancellation may also be appropriate as well as a withdrawal of a restriction.

  12. Section 3.1.5 been updated to confirm that HM Land Registry will accept consents and certificates signed electronically by non-conveyancers as long as these documents are lodged by a conveyancer.

  13. Section 3.1.5.3 has been amended to clarify our practice on consents to reduce the number of requisitions on this point.

  14. A cross reference to other relevant guidance has been added to section 3.7.4.

  15. Section 3.1.6.7 has been amended to clarify how part B of panel 3 in form RXC must be completed by a conveyancer. Reminder added to section 3.5.1 that the words of application for a restriction must be included if applying in prescribed lease clause LR13. Section 3.5.1.1 has been added to make it clearer when restrictions must be applied for in form RX1.

  16. Contents headers have been added to help navigate the guide, together with some examples of standard and non-standard re

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