LAND GRAB

摘要

Is it just a coincidence that barely a week after the government announced plans to privatise the Land Registry it also launched a separate consultation on changes to the system of registration under the Land Registration Act (LRA) 2002? They are two separate topics but are intrinsically linked. For anyone who has bought or sold property, you will know that the Land Registry maintains a register of ownership of land across England and Wales. A consultation paper released on 24 March 2016 sets out plans to privatise the Land Registry with the preferred model for privatisation being a sale of all core functions packaged up in a "Newco".