(1) The application shall also be supported by an affidavit in accordance with this Rule made on the day the application is made—
(a) stating—
(i) that a search for any other will of the testator in the register of deposited wills maintained by the Registrar has been made and the result of that search;
(ii) whether a caveat has been lodged against the making of a grant of representation;
(iii) that a search has been made in the office of the Registrar for any previous application for a grant of representation in respect of the estate of the testator and, if a previous application has been made, the details of the application and of its result;
(b) stating the date on which the notice of intention to apply was posted on the Court's website in accordance with Rule 2.03(1); and
(c) exhibiting a copy of the notice as it appeared on that date on the Court's website.
(2) An affidavit under this Rule shall be made by—
(a) the applicant;
(b) a solicitor who has instructions to conduct the searches referred to in paragraph (1);
(c) a person employed by or engaged and authorised by that solicitor;
(d) the Melbourne agent of that solicitor who is himself or herself a solicitor;
(e) a person employed by or engaged and authorised by that Melbourne agent;
(f) if State Trustees is the applicant, a person employed in the office of State Trustees;
(g) if a trustee company under the Trustee Companies Act 1984 is the applicant, a person employed by that company; or
(h) a clerk in the office of the Registrar acting under Part II of the Act.