Public Registry Act (Schedules) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004

L.N. 353 of 2004

PUBLIC REGISTRY ACT

(CAP. 56)

Public Registry Act (Schedules) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 39 of the Public

Registry Act, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice and

Home Affairs, with the concurrance of the Prime Minister and Minister

of Finance, has made the following regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Public Registry Act

(Schedules) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004, and shall be read and

construed as one with the Schedules to the Public Registry Act,

hereinafter referred to as “the Schedules”.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 7 th July,

2004.

For Section C of the First Schedule of the Schedules, there

shall be substituted the following>-

“C. Applications, Searches and Certificates

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C1. For every application for a search for entries

against a particular individual or company (where the

particulars do not correspond, two or more applications

have to be submitted and shall be deemed to have always

been necessary), provided that where the application is

submitted by a government department the application

fee shall be reduced by half ……………………………

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And, in addition , there shall be payable>

(a) for every copy, irrespective of the number of

pages, of a note of preference, reference, enrolment or

other record forming part of the search…………………

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Provided that where the applicant,

(i) orders such copy through a remote site,

even when such record does not form part of the

search< or

(ii) accesses the remote site on the status of

his own applications for a search, no extra charge

shall be levied as is due for the copy or search as

the case may be<

(b) where as part of the search, instead of a full

copy of the note, only an indication thereof is given,

such as “GPP” for guarantee of peaceful possession,

“D#M” for different maternity, or similar note in lieu of

the full copy …………….

C2. When the application refers to the verification

and certification of non-computerised searches, in

addition to the minimum application fee mentioned in

paragraph C1 hereof, as well as in addition to the charge

mentioned in the same paragraph whenever a particular

note is not recorded in the searches presented for

verification and certification, a copy of the missing note

is provided with the result, including the checking of

notes of reference in respect of particular notes of

preference not forming part of an official search

application, a charge, per match, of>

(a)

for the first 99 matches ……………………

(b) where the number is 100 matches but does

not exceed 200 charge per match within this band………

(c) where the number is 200 matches but does

not exceed 500 charge per match within this band……

(d) where the number is 500 matches but does

not exceed 1000 charge per match within this band……

(e) where the number is 1000 matches or over,

charge per match within this band………………………

C3. Request to update an official search issued during

the ninety days prior to the request …………………………

C4. For a special certificate (Public Registry Certificate)

of an entry issued as a true copy of any entry following an ad

hoc request in terms of article 30 of the Act and not forming

part of an official search ……………………………………..

C5. For every certificate relating to the wills made by

any particular person irrespective of the number of pages

(including the fee for the search)>

(a) where an application does not require a search

in pre – 1972 records ……………………………………

(b)

in all other cases …………………………...

C6. Application to be registered as an agent ………….

C7. When a person makes a special arrangement with

the Director whereby the latter is to provide him with copies

of all notes of preference to which such person may be a party

during the six months next following such arrangement, for

every informal copy irrespective of the number of pages, so

long as the number of copies ordered are more than 50 ……

C8. For accessing the electronic records from a remote

site, the charge per search carried out in accordance with the

parameters of Parts A or B of the Second Schedule hereof, up

to a maximum of fifty records at any one time …………….

Provided that, irrespective of the number of electronic

records available, where the applicant chooses to limit the

access, the charge shall be, where those records cover the

latest –

(a)

30 days as currently available …………….

(b) 90 days as currently available …………….

(c)

120 days as currently available ……………

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