Law of Property Act 1922
The Law of Property Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 16) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended the law of real and personal estate in England and Wales, abolishing copyhold and other special tenures, reforming the law of intestacy, and amending the Settled Land Acts, the Conveyancing Acts, the Trustee Act 1893, and the Land Transfer Acts.[1]
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 1(6) of the act repealed the Statute of Uses Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 10) and section 61 of the Conveyancing Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 41).
Section 17(5) of the act repealed section 32 of the Fines and Recoveries Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 74).
Section 44(7) of the act repealed the Settled Land Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 36).
Subsequent developments
| Law of Property Act (Postponement) Act 1924[d] | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to postpone the coming into operation of the Law of Property Act, 1922, until the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-six. |
| Citation | 15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 4 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 December 1924 |
| Commencement | 18 December 1924[e] |
| Repealed | 23 May 1950 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Law of Property Act 1922 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1950 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Law of Property Act (Postponement) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 4) postponed the commencement of the act from 1 January 1925 to 1 January 1926, allowing time for a series of consolidating statutes to be prepared.[2]
The Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 5) declared, by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, that act, the enactments repealed by the principal act, and made further amendments to its provisions regarding the enfranchisement of copyholds and the conversion of perpetually renewable leaseholds into long terms.[3]
Much of the act was subsequently repealed by the Settled Land Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 18), the Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 20) and the Land Charges Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 22), which came into force on 1 January 1926.[4][5][6]
Notes
- ^ Section 191(1).
- ^ Section 191(3).
- ^ Section 191(2), as postponed by the Law of Property Act (Postponement) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 4).
- ^ Section 2.
- ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
- ^ "Law of Property Act 1922 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ "Law of Property Act (Postponement) Act 1924", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 4
- ^ "Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 5
- ^ "Settled Land Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 18
- ^ "Law of Property Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 20
- ^ "Land Charges Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 22
External links
- Text of the Law of Property Act 1922 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Text of the Law of Property Act 1922 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.