10 Transfer of records. U.K.

(1) All records, deeds and other documents which are lodged in the Record Office of the Commission at the appointed day, or which would have been required to be lodged therein if this Act had not passed (all which records, deeds and other documents are in this section referred to as “the records”), shall be transferred to and lodged in the central office of the Land Registry of Northern Ireland:

Provided that the Secretary of State may, at any time within six months after the coming into operation of the provisions of section three of this Act, make provision for the transfer from the said Record Office to the office of the Ministry of such of the records as in his opinion ought to be in the custody of the Ministry for the purpose of the performance of any functions transferred to the Ministry by virtue of this Act or of the M1 Government of Ireland Act 1920.

(2) Without prejudice to the proviso to subsection (1) of this section, the Ministry may inspect, or have the temporary custody of, any of the records where such inspection or custody is required for the purpose of the performance of any functions transferred to the Ministry as aforesaid.

(3) The Accountant-General of the [F1 Court of Judicature] may inspect, or have the temporary custody of, any of the records where such inspection or custody is required in connection with the distribution of any property vested in him by virtue of this Act.

(4) The Deputy Keeper of the Records of Northern Ireland may inspect any of the records and, where the Deputy Keeper is satisfied that any of the records are copies or counterparts of records relating to Northern Ireland formerly preserved in the Public Record Office of Ireland, it shall be lawful for the Deputy Keeper to make copies thereof for the use of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.

(5) Any right to inspect, or have delivery or obtain copies of, any of the records shall be exercisable against the person having the custody thereof by virtue of this section to the like extent and in the like manner as it would have been exercisable against the person who would have had the custody thereof if this Act had not passed.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

Marginal Citations

M1 1920 c. 67 (29:3).