# The Land Registration (Official Searches) Rules 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules, which replace the Land Registration (Official Searches) Rules 1988, provide:
(a) that the authority of a registered proprietor or applicant for first registration to make a search is no longer required but an official search with priority can still only be made by a purchaser (as defined in rule 2 of the Rules);
(b) a framework whereby searches may, during the currency of any notice given by the registrar under rule 14(1) of the Rules, be delivered by a variety of means including by telephone or facscimile transmission;
(c) for revised forms of application for search and result of search as set out in Schedule 1 to the Rules.

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