Land Transfer Act 1875

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Land Transfer Act 1875 [a]
Act of Parliament
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837).svg
Long title An Act to simplify Titles and facilitate the Transfer of Land in England.
Citation 38 & 39 Vict. c. 87
Territorial extent  England and Wales [b]
Dates
Royal assent 13 August 1875
Commencement 1 January 1876 [c]
Other legislation
Repealed by Land Registration Act 1925, s 147 & Sch
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Land Transfer Act 1875 [a] (38 & 39 Vict. c. 87), sometimes called Lord Cairns' Act, [1] was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced a voluntary system of registration of title to land.

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The act apparently aimed to introduce the Australian model of title registration. But land registration remained as voluntary, and the options were not taken up.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Section 1.
  2. Did not apply to Scotland or Ireland: section 2.
  3. Section 2.

References

  1. Herbert Chilion Jones. The "Torrens System" of Transfer of Land. Carswell & Co. Toronto. 1886. p 21