The Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61) is a UK act of Parliament that updates the system for registering charges on unregistered land in England and Wales.

It repealed and updated parts of the Land Charges Act 1925 and other legislation affecting real property.

In the early 20th century, a package of reforms were made to register land in England and Wales to make conveyancing cheaper and simpler, and free land to the market.

Instead, for land which was not yet registered, people could choose to explicitly register interests under the Land Charges Act 1925, and so secure better protection than the common law might provide against a bona fide purchaser without notice of any equitable interest to be protected.

The purpose of the charge is either to secure payment of a sum of money, or to limit the use of the land.