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17.—(1) If a certificate of compliance or a certification plate has been lost, destroyed or defaced, the operator of the transport equipment shall forthwith in writing inform a certifying officer of the loss, destruction or defacement.
(2) If—
(a)a certifying officer is satisfied that a certificate of compliance or a certification plate has been lost, destroyed or defaced during the currency thereof and,
(b)in the case of any such certificate or plate which has been defaced, it is surrendered to a certifying officer
the certifying officer shall, on receipt of the prescribed fee, issue a copy of such certificate or a duplicate of such plate.
(3) Where a certificate of compliance or a certification plate has been lost and after a copy or duplicate has been issued the lost certificate or plate is found and comes into the possession of the operator of the transport equipment, such operator shall forthwith return to a certifying officer the certificate or plate which has been found.
(4) In the event of any person to whom a certificate of compliance has been issued—
(a)requesting a certifying officer to issue a copy of that certificate and
(b)paying the prescribed fee
a certifying officer shall issue a copy of that certificate to such person.
(5) Every copy of a certificate of compliance issued in accordance with this Regulation shall—
(a)be certified, by the certifying officer by whom it is issued, as a copy, and
(b)have effect as the certificate of which it is a copy.
(6) Every duplicate of a certification plate issued in accordance with this Regulation shall be marked as a duplicate and shall have effect as the certification plate of which it is a duplicate.
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