Regulation 25 Evidence of identity, etc

The authority shall be entitled to require evidence to be given to their satisfaction of the identity of any person or of the title of any person to any savings contract, document or money, or to require evidence that anything purporting to be done in pursuance of these Regulations has been duly done, or otherwise with respect to any matters on which the due exercise of the authority's powers or performance of their duties under these Regulations depends, and the authority may, for the purpose of obtaining any such evidence, require a statutory declaration to be made by any person.

The authority may accept as conclusive proof of the death of the contributor in respect of a savings contract any evidence which establishes to their satisfaction the fact that the contributor has not been heard of for a period of seven years or upwards, and, for the purposes of this paragraph, “contributor in respect of a savings contract” includes any person beneficially interested at any time, whether absolutely or contingently, in the personal estate of the deceased contributor in respect of a savings contract.