4. In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (information to be provided in connection with applications), after the words “date of application” omit–
“, accompanied, when the applicant has not previously made an application under Article 17 of this Scheme, by a certificate signed by a Member of Parliament, a member of the Scottish Parliament, Justice of the Peace, Minister of Religion, lawyer, bank officer, school teacher, police officer, registered medical practitioner, who need not hold a licence to practise, or other person accepted by the Board as being of similar standing and stating that he has known the applicant for at least two years, that he is not related to the applicant and that to the best of his knowledge the contents of the statement by the applicant are true”.