{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-stock-regulations-2004/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-stock-regulations-2004/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1611",
  "legislation_title": "The Government Stock Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-stock-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Issue of certificates",
  "text": "(1) Every person whose name is entered in a register as a holder of stock shall be entitled, without payment, to a certificate representing that stock.\n(2) If a certificate is defaced, lost or destroyed, the Registrar may, on receipt of such evidence and indemnity as he may require, and on the surrender of the certificate in a case in which the certificate is defaced, issue a duplicate thereof, and may charge a fee of £20.\n(3) Where the holder of any stock represented by a stock certificate has transferred part only of his holding, he shall be entitled to a certificate representing the part retained by him, and if any certificate representing the stock transferred or retained or any part thereof was lost or destroyed the Registrar may charge a fee of £20.\n(4) Paragraph (3) above does not affect the right of the Registrar to call for such evidence and indemnity as he may require in accordance with paragraph (2) above or regulation 19 below (conditions to be fulfilled before completion of transfer), if any certificate has been lost or destroyed as mentioned in paragraph (3) above.\n(5) Where the names of two or more persons are entered into a register as joint holders of any stock the Registrar shall not be required to issue more than one certificate in respect of that stock, and delivery of a certificate to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all of them.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.7.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1611/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:23:50.581776+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}