Part 2Security over Moveable Property
Chapter 2Register of Statutory Pledges
Searches and extracts
105Admissibility and evidential status of search results
(1)
A copy of a search result (in printed or electronic form) which relates to a search carried out by means of a search facility provided by the Keeper is admissible in evidence.
(2)
In the absence of evidence to the contrary—
(a)
where such a search result purports to show an entry in the statutory pledges record, it is sufficient proof of—
(i)
the registration of the statutory pledge, or an amendment to the entry in the statutory pledges record, to which the result relates,
(ii)
where applicable, a correction of the entry in the statutory pledges record to which the result relates, and
(iii)
the date and time of such registration or, as the case may be, correction, and
(b)
where such a search result purports not to show an entry in the statutory pledges record, it is sufficient proof of an entry in the statutory pledges record not being disclosed at the date and time of such search by means of the search carried out.