Paragraph 3

substitute the following for paragraphs (1) and (2)—

“(1)

Notice of an application for an official search with priority shall be entered on the day list.

(2)

If the application is in order, upon completion of the official search with priority an official certificate of search shall be issued giving the result of the search as at the date and time that the application is deemed to have been delivered.

(2A)

An official certificate of search with priority of a register or in relation to pending first registration application may, at the registrar’s discretion, be issued in one or both of the following ways:

(a)

in documentary form;

(b)

during the currency of any relevant notice given pursuant to rule 14, and subject to and in accordance with the limitations contained in that notice, by any means of communication, other than the means referred to in sub-paragraph (a).”

In paragraph (4) delete the words “in Form 94B(Result) or”.

Substitute for paragraph (5)—

“(5)

Where an official certificate of search is issued under paragraph (2A)(b) and another official certificate of search is to be, or has been, issued under paragraph (2A)(a) in respect of the same application, it need only include the information specified at A, F, G and H of Part I and I of Part II of Schedule 2 as the case may require.”