After Completion: First Registration: Which action may be undertaken with the Land Registry after completion?

After Completion: First Registration: Which action may be undertaken with the Land Registry after completion?

• A. Apply for first registration
• B. Apply to discharge the mortgage
• C. Update the register within 2 months
• D. Cancel the transfer

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is that when land is unregistered, the post-completion step is to get that title onto the Land Registry for the first time. After completion, the buyer’s solicitor will submit the necessary documents to the Land Registry to register the transfer and create the official title in the buyer’s name. This process is known as first registration, and once it’s done the purchaser receives a registered title with a title number and the Land Registry’s official record of ownership. Discharging the mortgage is something that happens when the loan is repaid, and though the Land Registry can record a discharge as part of updating the register, that is not the primary post-completion action described here. Updating the register within a fixed two-month window isn’t the basic action being tested, and cancelling the transfer would undo what has just happened, so it isn’t the correct post-completion step either. So, the action that may be undertaken with the Land Registry after completion is applying for first registration.

The key idea here is that when land is unregistered, the post-completion step is to get that title onto the Land Registry for the first time. After completion, the buyer’s solicitor will submit the necessary documents to the Land Registry to register the transfer and create the official title in the buyer’s name. This process is known as first registration, and once it’s done the purchaser receives a registered title with a title number and the Land Registry’s official record of ownership.

Discharging the mortgage is something that happens when the loan is repaid, and though the Land Registry can record a discharge as part of updating the register, that is not the primary post-completion action described here. Updating the register within a fixed two-month window isn’t the basic action being tested, and cancelling the transfer would undo what has just happened, so it isn’t the correct post-completion step either.

So, the action that may be undertaken with the Land Registry after completion is applying for first registration.