15Alteration to dealings and applications

15 Alteration to dealings and applications

(1)  This regulation applies to a dealing or application, whether or not the dealing or application has been lodged for registration.

(2)  An alteration to a dealing or application must –

(a) be initialled, and the date on which the initialling occurs must be added next to the initialling, by or on behalf of each signatory to the dealing or application; and

(b) comply with the relevant requirements specified in regulation 13 , for a dealing or application; and

(c) if the alteration is to remove a word contained in the dealing or application, be made by striking through the word or words to be removed in such a manner as not to render the original word or words illegible; and

(d) if the alteration is to add a word to the dealing or application, be made in a manner that ensures that – 

(i) the word is clear and legible; and

(ii) the placement of that word in the dealing, or application, so altered is clear and legible; and

(e) not be made by rubbing, scraping or cutting the surface of the dealing or application, or obscuring any word on the dealing or application by any paint or other material.

(3)  If an alteration to a dealing or application is made under subregulation (2) by a person on behalf of a signatory to the dealing or application –

(a) the person –

(i) must state, in writing, on the dealing or application, the person’s name and the capacity in which the person is acting on behalf of the signatory; and

(ii) in initialling the amended dealing or application in accordance with subregulation (2)(a) , is taken to be representing that the person has full legal authority to do so on behalf of the signatory; and

(b) the Recorder may rely on the representation, referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) , without making any further enquiry, that the person has full legal authority to date and initial the amended dealing, or application, on behalf of the signatory.