{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-matrimonial-home-rights-rules-1997/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1964",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Registration (Matrimonial Home Rights) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-matrimonial-home-rights-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Notice for the provision of additional arrangements for an official search under rule 6, an official certificate of result of search under rule 7 or information under rule 8",
  "text": "(1) If the registrar is satisfied that adequate arrangements have been or will be made for dealing with the applications under rule 6(2)(b) or results of search issued under rule 7(1)(c) or requests for information under rule 8 in accordance with this rule, he may, in such manner as he considers appropriate for persons who may wish to make applications under rule 6, give notice to that effect specifying the class or classes of case covered by those arrangements; and such a notice may in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, specify the class or classes of case so covered by limiting them:\n(a) to applications made by a person maintaining a credit account;\n(b) to applications which relate to land within specified counties, districts, London boroughs or other administrative areas;\n(c) to applications made between specified hours and on specified days (which need not be those between or on which the Registry is open to the public).\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a notice given pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be current from the time specified in that behalf in the notice either:\n(a) until the time, if any, specified in that behalf in the notice; or\n(b) if no time of ceasing to be current is specified in the notice, indefinitely.\n(3) A notice given pursuant to paragraph (1) may from time to time be varied, suspended, withdrawn, renewed or replaced by a further notice.\n(4) If and so long as owing to the breakdown or other unavailability of facilities or data involved in giving effect to the arrangements made for dealing with applications for or results of search or requests for information covered by a notice given under paragraph (1) such arrangements cease, in whole or in part, to be effective, the notice shall cease, to the necessary extent, to be treated as current notwithstanding the absence of a variation, suspension or withdrawal thereof under paragraph (3).\n(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of rules 6(2)(b), 7(1)(c) and 8 the registrar may in his discretion refuse to accept an application made, or to issue a result, or to provide information under any of those provisions in any individual case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1964/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:33.559579+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}