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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 88
Scale of Charges for Land Brokers
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Scale of Charges for Land Brokers.
| For application to bring land under the Land Transfer Act, where the land remains in the original grantee, although it may have been, or still remains, subject to lease or mortgage*— | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the value does not exceed £400 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Where the value does not exceed £800 | 1/8th | p | ct. |
| Where the value exceeds £800. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| For filling up and entering caveats, exclusive of any professional charges incident to litigation pending | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Memorandam of transfer, lease, mortgage or encumbrance †— | |||
| Where the value does not exceed £400. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Where it exceeds £400 | 1/8th | p | ct. |
| Where it exceeds £800 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whenever any implied covenant is modified, or any covenant not being of those for which abbreviated forms of words are hereinbefore prescribed, is introduced in any instrument, extra | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Whenever any original section, or allotment, or parcel of land included in an existing grant or other instrument, is broken in any dealing extra. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Transfer of mortgage or lease, or surrender of lease. | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Power of attorney without registration abstract | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Power of attorney with registration abstract. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* These charges include filling up application, procuring declaration and signatures, procuring diagram from Land Office, and attendants and delivery at Registry Office. Where the title has not remained in the original grantee, an extra charge may be made proportioned to the trouble, such cases being more in the nature of conveyancing.
† In the case of lease, and of annuity secured by encumbrance, ten years rent, or ten years of such annuity, to be aasumed as the value, for the purpose of calculating the percentage.