Composition of The Land Register

General

The Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 reforms and restates the law on registration of rights to land in Scotland.

Section 1 of the Act provides that there continue to be a register of rights in land in Scotland known as the Land Register of Scotland. Section 2 of the Act specifies the component parts of the register.

Parts of the Register

The register comprises:

The title sheet record

The title sheet record is the totality of all title sheets and the Keeper must make up and maintain a title sheet for each registered plot of land, including separate legal tenements. The Keeper may also make up and maintain a title sheet for a registered lease.

A title sheet will comprise:

The cadastral map

The cadastral map is a map:

The cadastral unit represents a single registered plot of land and this will directly correspond with a title sheet, subject to certain exceptions (e.g. areas in shared ownership that had previously been included in separate title sheets, flats in tenements etc.).

The archive record

The archive record is to consist of:

Section 104 of the Act places responsibilities on the Keeper to provide extracts of parts of the register. The archive record must contain sufficient information to enable these requirements to be complied with. See also further guidance on the archive record.

The application record

The application record comprises, at the point in time, all pending applications for registration and all extant advance notices.