SCHEDULE 6General provision about searches and search reports

PART 2Specific required search reports

Terms for the preparation of required searches5

Any person may prepare a report required by regulation 8(j)(ii) (personal search of the local land charges register), 8(k) (local enquiries) or 8(l) (drainage and water enquiries), but must do so on the following terms without exclusion or limitation— 

a

that the search report will be prepared with reasonable care and skill; and

b

that a responsible person may copy or issue a copy of the report for the purposes of complying with any of the following provisions—

i

regulations 5, 6, 8(j)(ii), 8(k), 8(l) and 24; and

ii

section 156(1), (2) and (11) of the 2004 Act.