Part 1Preliminary

Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Land and Business (Sale and Conveyancing) Regulations 2025. 2—Commencement These regulations come into operation on 1 September 2025. 3—Interpretation (1) In these regulations— acquired a relevant interest in the land has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Act; Act means the Land and Business (Sale and Conveyancing) Act 1994; council, in relation to land being sold, means the council in whose area the land is situated; domestic partner means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning of the Family Relationships Act 1975, whether declared as such under that Act or not; prescribed body means a body prescribed for the purposes of section 12(2) of the Act (see regulation 15). (2) In these regulations, a reference to a form of a particular number is a reference to the form of that number set out in Schedule 1. (3) In these regulations, a reference to the type size of printed or typewritten material is to be taken to be a reference to that type size when produced in Times New Roman font.