Land Registry Rectification of Title

Summary

The requester asked for statistics on Land Registry rectification of title applications under Section 65 of the Land Registration Act 1986 for 2017, 2018, and 2019. The Department for Enterprise disclosed that while the data is stored against individual titles rather than a central register, they collated the information and confirmed all applications are referred to the Land Registrar.

Key Facts

• Information requested relates to Section 65 of the Land Registration Act 1986 (noted as 1982 in the response text).
• Data is stored against title numbers rather than on a central register of Form 26 applications.
• All applications for rectification are referred to the Land Registrar with no delegations to other staff.
• The authority stated record-keeping practices do not allow certainty that figures are comprehensively accurate.
• The information was potentially exempt as it relates to legal proceedings but was released at the Registrar's discretion.

Data Disclosed

• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• Section 65
• Form 26
• Land Registration Act 1986
• Land Registration Act 1982
• 2019-09-16
• 2019-10-09
• 961097

Exemptions Cited

• Legal proceedings conducted by the Land Registrar

Original Request

With reference to Section 65 of the Land Registration Act 1986 - as amended (LRA1986) Please provide information regarding applications which conform to Section 65, LRA1986 for each of the years 2017, 2018 & 2019 as follows: 1. For each of the years how many Applications to rectify Title have been made directly to the Registrar in Form 26. 2. For each of the years how many Rectification of Title has the Registrar exercised his discretion as set out in Section 65 (2) (2A) & (2B) of the LRA1986.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 682381) Website: www.gov.im/ded Email: anthony.walker@gov.im

Our ref: 961097 9 October 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 16 September 2019 and which states:

"With reference to Section 65 of the Land Registration Act 1986 - as amended (LRA1986) Please provide information regarding applications which conform to Section 65, LRA1986 for each of the years 2017, 2018 & 2019 as follows: 1. For each of the years how many Applications to rectify Title have been made directly to the Registrar in Form 26. 2. For each of the years how many Rectification of Title has the Registrar exercised his discretion as set out in Section 65 (2) (2A) & (2B) of the LRA1986."

Our response to your request is as follows: The information requested relates to applications received into the Land Registry for rectification of registered titles in accordance with section 65 of the Land Registration Act 1982. The information is stored against title numbers rather than on a central register of applications received in Form 26. The information is potentially exempt as it relates to legal proceedings conducted by the Land Registrar. However the Registrar is content to provide the requested information. All applications relating to the rectification of the Register are referred to the Land Registrar. There are no delegations in place to enable any other member of staff to exercise the powers of the Registrar to rectify the register. The information has been collated based against searches of records held against individual titles. Our record- keeping practices do not allow us to say with certainty that the figures are comprehensively accurate although we believe them to be so.

Please quote the reference number 961097 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely