Section 9 Official searches.

England and Wales

(1)

Where any person requires an official search of the F1... local land charges register to be made in respect of any land, he may make a requisition in that behalf to the F2 Chief Land Registrar .

F3(2)

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F4(3)

The prescribed fee (if any) shall be payable in the prescribed manner in respect of any requisition made under this section.

(4)

Where a requisition is made to F5 the Chief Land Registrar under this section and the feeF6 (if any) payable in respect of it is paid in accordance with subsection (3) F7... above, F8 the Chief Land Registrar shall thereupon make the search required and shall issue an official certificate setting out the result of the search.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in s. 9(1) omitted (12.4.2015) by virtue of Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 8(2)(a) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)
F2: Words in s. 9(1) substituted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 8(2)(b) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)
F3: S. 9(2) omitted (12.4.2015) by virtue of Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 8(3) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)
F4: S. 9(3) substituted for s. 9(3)(3A) (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 8(4) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)
F5: Word in s. 9(4) substituted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 8(5)(a) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)
F6: Words in s. 9(4) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 84(3)(a); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(e)
F7: Words in s. 9(4) omitted (12.4.2015) by virtue of Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 8(5)(b) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)
F8: Words in s. 9(4) substituted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 8(5)(c) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)