S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2020 No. 425  LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES  The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2020  Coming into force in accordance with rule 1 The Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections  14(a) and (b), 16(2), 18(4), 36(3), 45(2), 60(3), 72(6) and (7), 75(2), 76(2), 126, 127(1) and  128(1), (2) and (4)(a)( a ) of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 6, paragraphs 5 and 8 of Schedule 10  and paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 12 to, the Land Registration Act 2002( b ).  In accordance with section 127( c ) of the Land Registration Act 2002, he has received the advice  and assistance of the Rule Committee appointed under that section.  2.  In these Rules “the principal Rules” means the Land Registration Rules 2003( d ), and a  reference to a rule by number is a reference to the rule so numbered in the principal Rules unless  otherwise stated.  3.  The principal Rules are amended in accordance with rules 4 to 6 of these Rules.  4.  In rule 216—  Amendments to rule 216  Amendments to the principal Rules  Interpretation  Citation and commencement  1.  These Rules may be cited as the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2020 and shall come  into force on the day after the day on which they are laid.  ( a )  See section 132(1) for the definition of land registration rules. ( b ) 2002 c. 9. By article 3(1) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Her Majesty’s Land Registry, the  Meteorological Office and Ordnance Survey) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2436), the functions of the Lord Chancellor under the  Land Registration Act 2002, with three exclusions, were transferred to the Secretary of State. None of the exclusions are  relevant.  ( c )  Section 127 was amended by paragraphs 301 and 302 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4),  paragraph 4(1) and (2)(k) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Transfer of Functions (Her Majesty’s Land Registry, the  Meteorological Office and the Ordnance Survey) Order 2011 and section 36 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7).  ( d ) S.I. 2003/1417; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/1766, 2005/1982, 2008/1750, 2008/1919, 2009/1996,  2011/1410 and 2018/70.  Made  -  -  -  -  14th April 2020  Laid before Parliament  15th April 2020 