The Land Registration Act 1925 was introduced to simplify conveyancing by placing all information about a landholding in the register showing a mirror of the title to a purchase in a single document called Title Information Documents. Before property legislation came into force, transfer mechanisms were hampered by formalism and surrounded by dangers for all but the most conscientious buyer. Relying on title deeds to prove ownership of land was both inconvenient and, for the buyer, an expensive way to prove title. The Land Registration Act 1925, together with the Law of Property Act 1925 and the Settled Land Act 1925, sought to simplify and codify. It aimed to bring certainty and equality, but instead of doing that, there was uncertainty and inequality. In view of this, the Land Registered Act, 1925 was repealed and replaced by the Land Registration Act, 2002. It seeks to strengthen these objectives and make the system fit for the modern century and the electronic age. The underlying principle of the Land Registration Act 1925, and now the LRA 2002, is that the Act provides for full registration, i.e. bringing all land in England and Wales onto the register and guaranteed by the State as soon as possible. After his replacement, he significantly increased the criteria for first registration in order to speed up the cadastral registration process. Currently, over 80% of all potentially registrable securities are in fact registered. One of the main objectives of the repeal of the LRA 1925 was to transform the land register into an entirely electronic register system which "should fully and accurately reflect the state of the title to the land at any time, so that it is possible to investigate on the title of the land...... half a document ...... against the first registration is gradually eliminated; therefore after 2 years applications from the previous 2 years will not be accepted, i.e. at the time of sale the property will have to be registered. The categories of adverse possession and prevailing interests have been reduced. In the circumstances of possible adverse possession, a clear distinction is made between those who are adversely affected and those who have a legal right to the property after 10 years of rejection, the court will notify the owner of the card and if after 2 years the usucaption has not ceased the title will be transferred to the usucaption. Overriding interests have been narrowed and some categories, such as legal easements, have been made mandatory to register, thus confirming easy access to transfer.
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