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Regulation 4 Specifications and characteristics of paper for memorial and other documentsI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

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The paper to be used for—

(1)

a memorial of any deed or conveyance to be registered under section 1(1) of the Act;

(2)

any document authorised by any statutory provision to be treated as a memorial of another document;

(3)

a copy document lodged in the registry of deeds pursuant to regulation 13(2) and a certificate transmitted to the registrar of deeds pursuant to regulation 14(1),

shall conform with the following specifications and characteristics—

Type and Quality:

(a)

A cream wove archival writing paper to comply to British Standard BS ISO 9706: 1994 with a minimum substance of 100 grammes per square metre.

Size:

(b)

297 mm deep by 210 mm wide.

Punching:

(c)

Two round holes 8 mm in diameter shall be punched on the binding (long) edge at centres 237 mm apart. The centres of the holes shall be 15 mm from the binding edge and 30 mm from the top and bottom edges.

Margins:

(d)

Margins shall be delineated by lines ruled parallel to the edges of the paper, such lines being 30 mm from the binding edge on both sides of the paper and 30 mm from the bottom 210 mm edge on the obverse of the paper. All margins shall be left blank except for use by the registry of deeds.

Design:

(e)

The paper shall be designed to enable any written matter on the obverse to be read so that the binding edge is on the left hand side and any written matter on the reverse to be read so that the binding edge is on the right hand side.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 4 in operation at 1.4.1997, see reg. 1