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Article 5 Priority of applications protected by official searches of registers

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Where a purchaser has applied for an official search of a register, any entry which is made in the register during the priority period relating to that search shall be postponed to a subsequent application to register the instrument effecting the purchase and, if the purchase is dependent on a prior dealing, to a subsequent application to register the instrument effecting that dealing provided each such subsequent application—

(a)

is deemed to have been delivered at the proper office within the priority period;

(b)

affects the same land or charge as the postponed entry; and

(c)

is in due course completed by registration.