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8(1)Section 9 (official searches) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)omit “appropriate”, and
(b)for “registering authority” substitute “Chief Land Registrar”.
(3)Omit subsection (2).
(4)For subsections (3) and (3A) substitute—
“(3)The prescribed fee (if any) shall be payable in the prescribed manner in respect of any requisition made under this section.”
(5)In subsection (4)—
(a)for “a registering authority” substitute “the Chief Land Registrar”,
(b)omit “or (3A)”, and
(c)for “the registering authority” substitute “the Chief Land Registrar”.
(6)In consequence of the amendment made by sub-paragraph (5)(b), in Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 omit paragraph 84(3)(b).