Article 71U.K.Testing area of each registry and the Community independent transaction log
1.Each registry administrator shall establish a testing area within which any new version or release of a registry can be tested in accordance with the testing procedures set out in Annex XIII so as to ensure that:
(a)any testing procedures on a new version or release of a registry are completed without reducing the availability to account holders of the version or release of the registry which currently has a communication link with the Community independent transaction log or UNFCCC independent transaction log; and
(b)any communication link between a new version or release of a registry and the Community independent transaction log or UNFCCC independent transaction log is established and activated with minimum disruption to its account holders.
2.The Central Administrator shall establish a testing area so as to facilitate testing procedures referred to in paragraph 1.
3.The registry administrators and the Central Administrator shall ensure that the hardware and software of their testing area shall perform in a manner that is representative of the performance of the primary hardware and software referred to in Article 68.