9Application of Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879
(1)On and from any day appointed under section 3 (Appointed day) of this Act the [1879 c. 11.] Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879 shall apply to the books of Girobank vested in Alliance & Leicester by virtue of this Act, and to entries made in those books before that day, as if such books were the books of Alliance & Leicester, and as if at the time that any such entries were made Alliance & Leicester were a banker within the meaning of that Act.
(2)For the purposes of section 4 of the said Act of 1879, books which have become the books of Alliance & Leicester by virtue of this Act shall be deemed to have been the ordinary books of Alliance & Leicester at the time of the making of any entry therein which purports to have been made before the appointed day, and any such entry shall be deemed to have been made in the usual and ordinary course of business.
(3)In this section “books” shall be construed in accordance withsection 9 (2) of the said Act of 1879.