'Schedule 3, para.2 Land Registration Act 2002 protects the purchaser at the expense of the innocent occupier'. Consider the truth of this statement.
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PROPERTY LAW ESSAY Oct 15th 'Schedule 3, para.2 Land Registration Act 2002 protects the purchaser at the expense of the innocent occupier'. Consider the truth of this statement. The Land Registration Act 2002 came into force on 13 October 2003 and generally has been welcomed by academics and practitioners. One of the main categories of change introduced by the 2002 Act is changes to the nature and scope of overriding interests in registered land. The aim of this part of the 2002 Act is to ensure that, as far as possible, the register reflects the true nature of the rights in the land concerned. Section 70(1) of the 1925 Act, which created a category of property right that could bind the purchaser of a registered title when unregistered and even undiscoverable, will no longer cause problems for the buyers of land since it no longer exists. However, it has been replaced by a smaller category...


