# The Land Registration (Official Searches) Rules 1990, Article 3: Application for official search with priority by purchaser


(1) A purchaser may apply for an official search with priority of the register of the title to the land to which the purchase relates.
(2) Where land is subject to a pending first registration application a purchaser of such land may apply for an official search with priority in relation to that pending first registration application.
(3) An application for an official search with priority shall be made:
(a) by delivering in documentary form at the proper office an application in the case of registered land on Form 94A or Form 94B, as appropriate, and in the case of a pending first registration application, on Form 94A or Form 94B(FR), as appropriate; or
(b) by delivering the application to the proper office, 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 that referred to in sub-paragraph (a) and:
(i) where the application is made by telephone by a purchaser of the whole of the land in a registered title or of the whole of the land subject to a pending first registration application, the purchaser shall provide, in such order as may be requested, such of the particulars as are appropriate and are required for an application for an official search with priority in Form 94A;
(ii) where the application is made by facscimile transmission in the case of registered land the purchaser shall provide Form 94A or 94B, as appropriate, or, in the case of a pending first registration application, Form 94A or Form 94B(FR), as appropriate, together with, where the application is in Form 94B or Form 94B(FR), any necessary plan; and
(iii) in any other case the purchaser shall provide such of the information specified in Schedule 2 and in such sequence as shall be required by that notice.
(4) Where the application is made under paragraph (3)(a), Form 94A, Form 94B or Form 94B(FR) and any plan accompanying the application, shall, unless the registrar otherwise allows, be delivered in duplicate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1361/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-official-searches-rules-1990/article-3
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