(1)Any reference in section 57 to a certified copy of any document is a reference to a copy of that document which is certified to be a true copy by—
(a)the relevant licensing authority,
(b)a solicitor or notary, or
(c)a person of a prescribed description.
(2)Any certified copy produced in accordance with a requirement under section 57(5) must be a copy of the document in the form in which it exists at the time.
(3)A document which purports to be a certified copy of a document is to be taken to be such a copy, and to comply with the requirements of subsection (2), unless the contrary is shown.
[F1(4)In this section “notary” means a person (other than a solicitor) who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to any activity which constitutes a notarial activity (within the meaning of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 58(4) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208, 211, Sch. 21 para. 140 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)
Commencement Information
I1S. 58(1)(c) in force at 16.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3222, art. 2, Sch.; s. 58(1)(a)(b)(2)(3) in force at 24.11.2005 by S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2 (with Sch.)