# The Land Registration (Official Searches) Rules 1988, Article 5: Priority of applications protected by official searches of registers


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/629/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-official-searches-rules-1988/article-5
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