10.—(1) No amendment shall be made to a change of counter-signatory form, pay-in form, variation pay-in form, pay-out form or variation pay-out form after the form has been duly completed and signed.
(2) Where, after a solicitor has served a pay-in form or variation pay-in form (referred to in this paragraph as the relevant form) on the appointed bank at which his conveyancing account or conveyancing (CPF) account is maintained, there is any change to any particulars specified in the relevant form —
(a)
in any case where there is a counter-signatory specified in the relevant form, and there is any change to the particulars of the counter-signatory, the solicitor shall —
(i)
serve on the appointed bank a duly completed change of counter-signatory form that has been signed by —
(A)
an authorised signatory of the solicitor; and
(B)
the new counter-signatory specified in the change of counter-signatory form; and
(ii)
serve a copy of the change of counter-signatory form on each of the following persons:
(A)
the counter-signatory specified in the relevant form; and
(B)
the new counter-signatory specified in the change of counter-signatory form;
(b)
in any case where there is no counter-signatory specified in the relevant form, and the solicitor wishes to insert the particulars of a counter-signatory, the solicitor shall —
(i)
serve on the appointed bank a duly completed change of counter-signatory form that has been signed by —
(A)
an authorised signatory of the solicitor; and
(B)
the counter-signatory specified in the change of counter-signatory form; and
(ii)
serve a copy of the change of counter-signatory form on the counter-signatory specified in the change of counter-signatory form; and
(c)
in any case where there is any change to any particulars specified in the relevant form (other than any change to the particulars of the counter-signatory (if any), or the insertion of the particulars of a counter-signatory), the solicitor shall —
(i)
serve on the appointed bank a duly completed new variation pay-in form that has been signed by an authorised signatory of the solicitor; and
(ii)
do any of the following which may be applicable:
(A)
if there is a counter-signatory specified in the relevant form, but there is no change to the particulars of the counter-signatory, give written notice to the counter-signatory of each change to the particulars specified in the relevant form;
(B)
if there is a counter-signatory specified in the relevant form, and there is any change to the particulars of the counter-signatory in addition to any change to any other particulars specified in the relevant form, give written notice to the new counter-signatory specified in the new variation pay-in form (and in the change of counter-signatory form referred to sub-paragraph (a)) of each change to the particulars specified in the relevant form; or
(C)
if there is no counter-signatory specified in the relevant form, and the particulars of a counter-signatory are to be inserted in addition to any change to any other particulars specified in the relevant form, give written notice to the counter-signatory specified in the new variation pay-in form (and in the change of counter-signatory form referred to in sub-paragraph (b)) of each change to the particulars specified in the relevant form.
(3) The new variation pay-in form referred to in paragraph (2)(c) shall supersede the relevant form referred to in paragraph (2).
(4) Where a solicitor has served a pay-out form or variation pay-out form (referred to in this paragraph as the relevant form) on the appointed bank at which his conveyancing account or conveyancing (CPF) account is maintained —
(a)
the solicitor shall serve on the appointed bank a new variation pay-out form that has been signed by at least one authorised signatory of the solicitor, if the solicitor wishes to —
(i)
change the particulars of any Category A payee specified in the relevant form;
(ii)
insert the particulars of any additional Category A payee;
(iii)
delete the particulars of any Category A payee, or any Category B payee, specified in the relevant form; or
(iv)
change the particulars of the amount payable to any Category A payee, or any Category B payee, specified in the relevant form; and
(b)
the solicitor shall serve on the appointed bank a new variation pay-out form that has been signed in accordance with the First Schedule, if the solicitor wishes to —
(i)
change the particulars of any Category B payee, or any Category C payee, specified in the relevant form;
(ii)
insert the particulars of any additional Category B payee or Category C payee;
(iii)
delete the particulars of any Category C payee specified in the relevant form; or
(iv)
change the particulars of the amount payable to any Category C payee specified in the relevant form.
(5) The new variation pay-out form referred to in paragraph (4)(a) or (b) shall supersede the relevant form referred to in paragraph (4).