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1(1)Subject to paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5, compensation shall be payable to any person who has sustained any loss by reason of—N.I.
(a)the rectification of[F1 the register] pursuant to section 69; or
(b)an error in, or omission from,[F1 the register][F1 whether or] not rectified pursuant to section 69; or
[F1(bb)the loss or destruction by the Land Registry of any document lodged at the Registry for the purpose of inspection, registration or safe keeping, other than a document destroyed in accordance with Land Registry Rules;]
(c)an error in a certificate issued as a result of an official search made pursuant to Land Registry Rules; or
(d)a copying error made in a certified copy of, or a certified extract from,[F1 the register] or[F1 a] document, where the copy or extract is provided in accordance with Land Registry Rules.
[F1(e)an error in or omission from a filed copy of, or an error in a filed extract from, a document referred to in the title register, where the error or omission was made in preparing the copy or the error was made in preparing the extract.]
(2)A person deriving title from a person to whom compensation is payable under sub-paragraph (1) shall be entitled to such compensation in the place of the person from whom he so derived title.
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