Section 215A — Land Transfer Act 1952: Records becoming obliterated, etc

215A Records becoming obliterated, etc Where any book, plan, register copy of any certificate or instrument of title or of any other instrument of any kind whatsoever forming part of the register or his records or any computer register (hereinafter in this section severally referred to as the record) has become or is becoming obliterated or unfit for use, or where in the opinion of the Registrar it is desirable in the interests of convenience of reference or administration, the Registrar may cause the record to be copied in the same or some other convenient form, and— (a) That copy, if certified by the Registrar to be a true copy of the record for the purposes of this section, shall for all purposes have the same effect as and be accepted and received as the record itself and as prima facie evidence that the entries thereon at the time of certification comprise all the entries made upon the record and are true copies of those entries, and all memorials or entries entered or made on the copy so certified subsequent to the time of certification shall be deemed to be memorials or entries duly entered or made in the record: (b) Where any record is copied and certified as aforesaid, a copy of that certified copy, if certified by the Registrar to be a true copy for the purposes of this section, shall, for the purposes of sections 45 , 48 , 63 , 75 , and 241 of this Act, be deemed to be a duly certified copy of the record. Section 215A was inserted, as from 7 October 1966, by section 14(1) Land Transfer Amendment Act 1966 (1966 No 37). See section 14(2) of that Act. Section 215A was amended, as from 1 June 2002, by section 65(1) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11), by inserting the words “ or any computer register ” after the words “ his records ” .