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Land Registration Act 2002 The Land Registration Act 2002 and Land Registration Rules 2003 came into force on 13 October 2003. Their effect is to replace the law for land registration and to provide the method by which the Land Registry is to operate.

The main accomplishments of the Land Registration Act 2002 are:

	the simplification and modernisation of land registry law - the first major overhaul of land registration for more than 70 years;

	to modernise the property register so that it provides a more complete picture of a property's title to land, e.g. by recording more fully the rights and interests affecting it, particularly those rights that were previously not recorded;

	to provide a framework for the development of electronic conveyancing.

Major changes in the law and practice of land registration include:

	shorter leases must now be registered

	voluntary registration is available for more interests in land, previously unregisterable

	the reformation of the law relating to adverse possession

	there are changes that affect certain third party rights

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