Commentary on Sections Registration without deed Section 27: Application for voluntary registration
97.This section provides the scheme for applications for voluntary registration of plots of land or parts of plots to be registered. This is a form of first registration. However, since the applicant will already own the land, there will be no transfer of rights as a result of an accepted application.
98.Subsection (3)(b) gives the Keeper a power to decline to accept an application on the ground of expediency. This broadly replicates the provision in section 2(1)(b) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979. Subsection (6) allows Scottish Ministers to remove that power by order.