Sample Property Section Styles - Seabed

Under section 113(1) of the 2012 Act, the seabed of the territorial sea of the UK adjacent to Scotland falls within the definition of "land" for the purposes of registration in the land register. The territorial sea limit extends 12 nautical miles from the coast. The Keeper has introduced an additional single operational area for registration of seabed plots. Title numbers allocated to subjects registered in this operational area will be prefixed with SEA.

The style of property section description to be used will be dependent upon the style used to describe the area of seabed included in the application - since the area of seabed may be far removed from the coast, the subjects may be described by reference to any adjacent localities or the nearest town.

Only a few examples of seabed property sections have been given below - if the examples cannot be adapted to fit with the application you are working on, please refer to a senior adviser for guidance.

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Property section styles in the title sheet

Mapping seabed

Property indexing guidelines

Property indexing guidelines - 2.11 Seabed

1 1. Ownership
2 2. Lease

1. Ownership

Example 1.1	Prefix	Address	Suffix

Example 1.1	Prefix	Address	Suffix
Deed description - that piece of land at Balnabadoch, Loch Ob, Barra shown coloured blue on the deed plan, and further described by the co-ordinate data in schedule 2 to the deed Cadastral unit number allocated - SEA12345 Mapping style - cadastral unit edged red, no tint references required Legal settler will add a schedule of co-ordinates to the property section	Subjects cadastral unit SEA12345 being an area of seabed at	BALNABODACH, LOCH OB, ISLE OF BARRA	edged red on the cadastral map

Example 1.2	Prefix	Address	Suffix

Example 1.2	Prefix	Address	Suffix
Deed description - those two pieces of land being part of the bed of the sea in Luce Bay adjacent to West Freugh shown hatched brown on the deed plan Co-ordinate data shown on deed plan Cadastral unit number allocated - SEA87456 Mapping style - cadastral unit tinted pink and blue (different encumbrances affect the two parts of the cadastral unit) Area measurement is 2.300 hectares Legal settler will add a schedule of co-ordinates to the property section	Subjects cadastral unit SEA87456 being the areas of seabed in	LUCE BAY, WEST FREUGH, STRANRAER	tinted pink and blue on the cadastral map being 2.30 hectares in measurement on the Ordnance Map

2. Lease

Example 2.1 - Lease of whole	Prefix	Address	Suffix

Example 2.1 - Lease of whole	Prefix	Address	Suffix
Deed description - that piece of land at Balnabadoch, Loch Ob, Barra shown coloured blue on the deed plan, and further described by the co-ordinate data in schedule 2 to the deed Lease of whole of plot of land registered in SEA12345 Lease title sheet number SEA15000 Mapping style of plot of land - cadastral unit edged red Mapping style of lease - by reference to plot of land/lease as these are co-extensive, no separate reference needed for extent of lease Legal settler will add a schedule of co-ordinates to the property section of the lease title sheet Although area measurement is 2.300 hectares, hectarage is not included in lease title sheets	Subjects cadastral unit SEA12345 being an area of seabed at	BALNABODACH, LOCH OB, ISLE OF BARRA	edged red on the cadastral map

Example 2.2 - Lease of part	Prefix	Address	Suffix

Example 2.2 - Lease of part	Prefix	Address	Suffix
Deed description - that piece of land being part of the bed of the sea in Luce Bay adjacent to West Freugh shown hatched brown on the deed plan, being part of the landlord's larger title registered under SEA87456 Co-ordinate data shown on deed plan Lease of part of plot of land registered in SEA87456 Lease title sheet number - SEA90101 Mapping style of plot of land - no plans reference for plot of land shown on mapping of lease title Mapping style of lease - by reference to plot of land, followed by description of the extent of the leased subjects which are tinted pink on the cadastral map Legal settler will add a schedule of co-ordinates to the property section of the lease title sheet	Subjects part of cadastral unit SEA87456 being the area of seabed in	LUCE BAY, WEST FREUGH, STRANRAER	tinted pink on the cadastral map