The Land Registration Rules 1997

47.  For rule 308 substitute—

“Documents in a Schedule 1 form

308.— (1) Subject to rule 308A, any application or instrument in one of the Schedule 1 forms must:

(a) be printed in black on durable white A4 size paper;

(b) be reproduced as set out in the Schedule, that is to say as to its wording, layout, ruling, font and point size, and

(c) contain all the information required in an easily legible form.

(2) Where on a Schedule 1 form (other than Form DL) any panel is insufficient in size to contain the required insertions, and the method of production of the form does not allow the depth of the panel to be increased, the information to be inserted in the panel shall be continued on a continuation sheet in form CS.

(3) When completing a Schedule 1 form containing an additional provisions panel, any statement, certificate or application required or permitted by these rules to be included in the form for which the form does not otherwise provide and any additional provisions desired by the parties shall be inserted in that panel or a continuation thereof.

(4) Where the form consists of more than one sheet of paper, or refers to an attached plan or a continuation sheet, all the sheets including any plan shall be securely fastened together.

Electronically produced forms

308A.   Where the method of production of a Schedule 1 form permits—

(a) the depth of a panel may be increased or reduced to fit the material to be comprised in it, and a panel may be divided at a page break;

(b) instructions in italics may be omitted;

(c) inapplicable certificates and statements may be omitted;

(d) the plural may be used instead of the singular and the singular instead of the plural;

(e) panels which would contain only the panel number and the panel heading, if any, may be omitted, but such omission shall not affect the numbering of subsequent panels.

Form of documents to be filed

308B.   All documents (other than Schedule 1 forms, maps or plans) to be filed in the Registry shall be printed, typewritten, lithographed or written on durable paper, A4 size, and shall allow a sufficient margin, in order that they may be conveniently bound.”