Local Land Charges SI 2010 No. 1812
Source: Legislation.gov.uk
The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2010: 2010 No. 1812
London: 29 July 2010
The UK legislation.gov.uk has published the statutory instruments that have been published on the 29 July 2010. One of the instruments published is the: The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2010: 2010 No. 1812 that was laid before Parliament on the 27th July 2010. The instrument comes into force 21 days after the instrument was laid before Parliament – that is the 17th August 2010.
The accompany memorandum that accompanies SI 2010 No. 1812 states:
“Purpose of the instrument
2.1 The Local Land Charge Rules 1977 specify that local authorities may charge a fee, currently £22, for the inspection of their local land charges registers (which in general terms record matters of public interest affecting individual properties). However, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) provide that access to environmental information must be available free of charge. As the vast majority of local land charges contain environmental information, this instrument revokes the fee for inspection in person of the registers to ensure that the two pieces of legislation are consistent. A reasonable charge may still be made under the EIR when the information is requested otherwise than in person, for example, by post or email.”