Barclays Group Reorganisation Act 2002

12Application of Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879

(1)In this section “books” shall be construed in accordance with section 9(2) of the Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879 (c. 11).

(2)On and from the relevant appointed day the said Act of 1879, where it applies, shall apply to the books of a transferor transferred to, and vested in, a transferee by virtue of this Act, and to entries made in those books before that day, as if such books were books of the transferee.

(3)For the purposes of section 4 of the said Act of 1879, where it applies, books which have become the books of a transferee by virtue of this Act shall be deemed to have been the ordinary books of the transferee at the time of the making of any entry therein which purports to have been made before the relevant appointed day, and any such entry shall be deemed to have been made in the usual and ordinary course of business.