Section 12 Application of Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879

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

On and from the appointed day the said Act of 1879 shall apply to the books of a transferor company transferred to, and vested in, Lloyds by virtue of this Act, and to entries made in those books before the appointed day, as if such books were books of Lloyds.

For the purposes of section 4 of the said Act of 1879, books so transferred to, and vested in, Lloyds shall be deemed to have been the ordinary books of Lloyds at the time of the making of any entry therein which purports to have been made before the appointed day, and any such entry shall be deemed to have been made in the usual and ordinary course of business.