Rule 160 – Official search

 (1) Any person may apply to the Authority to make an official search and to certify – 

(a) whether a named person is entered on the names index of a county, and if so, the folio reference of the register in which the name of such person appears; 

(b) whether the ownership of a parcel of land, to be identified on such map as the Authority may allow is entered in the register of ownership of freehold land or whether the ownership of any leasehold interest or right in or to or over the parcel is entered in the register of ownership of leasehold interests or in the register maintained under Section 8(b) of the Act; or 

(c) as to the entries made in a register or registry map since first registration of the property or during any specified subsequent period . 

(2) The requisition for the search shall be in Form 88, 89 or 90 or in such manner as may be directed by the Authority, as the case may be. 

(3) The certificate of the result of the search shall be in Form 91 or 92 or in such manner as may be directed by the Authority, as the case may be.