S.L. 56.3 Art. 5Applications.

(1) The application forms in respect of an official search into transfers and liabilities, in respect of public wills, updating, or the verification of any searches, shall be those specified in the Second Schedule hereto, as the case may be, and such application shall:

(a) be typewritten by mechanical and, or electronic means;

(b) be free from discoloration and blemishes; and

(c) be printed in A4 format and contain an indication whether any annexes are attached to the first page.

(2) Where it is necessary to remove, vary or add any words before the form is lodged, the person lodging that form shall make such variation or addition by means of a note at the end of the form; in any such case, such person shall cancel the words which it is desired to remove or vary in such a manner as to leave the words so cancelled still legible, and shall make a note stating the number of words so cancelled or as the case may be, that other words are substituted for those cancelled inserting the new word or words immediately after the words so substituted; in the case of a mere signed by all the parties signing the application.

(3) Following such arrangements as may be made with the Director, the applications mentioned in sub-regulation (1) may also be submitted in computer format and, or sent by telephonic or electronic means, in which case the provisions of sub-regulation (2) shall mutatis mutandis apply.

(4) An application cannot be cancelled later than twenty-four hours after its submission.

(5) Applications may be submitted during such times as the Director may, by notice, establish in the Gazette, so however that where applicant makes use of electronic mail he will be entitled to submit the application even outside such established times, so however that the application shall, for the purpose of regulation 6(5), be deemed to have been submitted on the next following working day whenever the electronic mail is transmitted outside such established times.

(6) The Director is obliged to provide the applicant with an acknowledgement, and such acknowledgement, which may also be in electronic format, will constitute proof of the parameters that constitute the search.