Regulation 25

If a certificate of registration, practising certificate or licence (each called in this rule a certificate) has been lost, destroyed or defaced or became obliterated so that any particulars in the certificate are illegible, the holder of the certificate must forthwith notify the Registrar.

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Registrar must, on payment of the appropriate fee specified in the Schedule and if satisfied that a certificate has been lost, destroyed or defaced or became obliterated, issue a duplicate of the certificate to the holder of the original certificate, and the duplicate certificate has the same effect as the original.

In the case of a certificate that has been defaced or became obliterated, no duplicate of the certificate is to be issued unless the original certificate is returned to the Registrar.

In the case of a certificate that has been lost or destroyed, no duplicate of the certificate is to be issued unless the holder of the certificate makes a statutory declaration of the loss or destruction and furnishes it to the Registrar.

Where any original certificate is found after any duplicate of the certificate is issued under this rule, the holder of the certificate must immediately return the duplicate certificate to the Registrar for cancellation.