Transitional provisions relating to fraud or error cases3

1

Subject to paragraph (2), any allegation that an entry in the register has been fraudulently procured or incorrectly made that is being dealt with under section 39 of the Act5 (which relates to fraud or error in relation to registration) on 18th October 2007 shall thereafter be dealt with under section 39 of the Act as substituted on 19th October 2007 by the Amending Order.

2

If, in a case where it appears to the Registrar that a person’s entry in the register may have been—

a

incorrectly made but not fraudulently procured, and the Registrar has, prior to 19th October 2007, written to the person in accordance with rule 4(1) of the Fraud or Error Rules; or

b

fraudulently procured, and the Registrar has, prior to 19th October 2007, referred the matter to the President in accordance with rule 5(1) of the Fraud or Error Rules,

that case shall be dealt with under sections 39 and 40 of the Act6, as in force on 18th October 2007, and the Fraud or Error Rules.