# The Land Registration (Official Searches) Rules 1990, Article 6: Priority of applications protected by an official search with priority of a register


Where a purchaser has applied for an official search with priority of a register, any entry which is made in that 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/1990/1361/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-official-searches-rules-1990/article-6
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