Article 9 Application for an issue of Official Certificate of Search of Index Map
Any person may apply for an official search of the Index Map or General Map and the Parcel Index and the list of pending applications for first registration kept under rule 10 of the principal rules.
An application under paragraph (1) shall be made:
by delivering in documentary form an application in Form 96; or
by delivering the application, during the currency of any relevant notice given pursuant to rule 13, 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;
where the application is made by facsimile transmission the applicant shall provide Form 96; and
in any other case the applicant shall provide, in such order as may be required by that notice and, in the case of delivery by telephone, in such order as may be requested by the registrar, such particulars as are appropriate and are required for an application in Form 96.
If the registrar shall so require, an applicamt shall provide to the registrar a copy or extract from the Ordnance Map on the largest scale published of the land to which the application relates.
If the application is in order an official certificate of search shall be issued.
An official certificate of search shall be issued in the form set out under the heading “Certificate of result of Official Search of the Index Map” in Form 96 or to like effect.