Form CON290 is used to raise optional enquiries of the local authority and contains an enquiry relating to registrations under which Acts?

• A. Local Government Act 1972
• B. Commons Registration Act 1965 or Commons Act 2006
• C. Towns Registration Act 1965
• D. National Parks Act 1949

Answer: (B)

The question tests awareness of what Form CON290 asks about in relation to interests that can sit on a property's title. Form CON290 includes an optional enquiry about whether land is registered as common land or subject to rights of common, and the registrations that create these interests come from the Commons Registration Act 1965 and the Commons Act 2006. These Acts set up and manage the register of common land and rights of common, so identifying such registrations on a local authority search is important for buyers and lenders because they can affect how the land can be used or developed. The other Acts listed do not deal with registering common land or rights of common, so they aren’t relevant to this enquiry.