Part 1Assignation
Chapter 2Register of Assignations
Searches and extracts
35Extracts and their evidential status
(1)
A person may apply to the Keeper for an extract of an entry in the register.
(2)
The Keeper must issue the extract if—
(a)
such fee as is payable for issuing it is paid, or
(b)
arrangements satisfactory to the Keeper are made for payment of that fee.
(3)
But if, on application under subsection (1), the applicant requests an extract as at a specific date and time, the Keeper need comply with the request only to the extent that it is reasonably practicable to do so.
(4)
The Keeper may validate the extract as the Keeper considers appropriate.
(5)
The Keeper may issue the extract as an electronic document unless the applicant requests that it be issued as a traditional document.
(6)
The extract is to be accepted for all purposes as sufficient evidence of the contents of the entry as at—
(a)
in the case of an extract requested as mentioned in subsection (3), the date and time to which the extract relates (being a date and time specified in the extract), and
(b)
in any other case, the date on which and the time at which the extract is issued (being a date and time specified in the extract).