Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 January 1996. It was answered by Jonathan Evans (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 January 1996 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

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Question: If he will make it his policy to extend section 123 of the Land Registration Act 1925 to conveyances which do not accompany a transfer of the beneficial interest in the land.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make it his policy to extend section 123 of the Land Registration Act 1925 to conveyances which do not accompany a transfer of the beneficial interest in the land; and if he will make a statement. [9107] Mr. Jonathan Evans: A joint working group comprising representatives of the Law Commission, Land Registry and Lord Chancellor's Department has recommended that section 123 of the Land Registration Act 1925 should be extended to cover assents, vesting deeds, conveyances by way of gift, conveyances pursuant to a court order and first legal mortgages, and that there should be a power to extend to other dispositions after appropriate consultation. That recommendation, together with others in the working groups's report, published as Law Com. 235, has been accepted by the Government and legislation to give effect to the recommendations will be introduced as soon as there is a suitable opportunity.

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