S.L. 56.3 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 56. Cap. 55. Cap. 12.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Public Registry Act; "agent" means any person in the regular employment of a notary public or a representative of a Government Department, nominated for the purposes of these regulations;

"applicant" means any person applying to inspect or to seek information from the records;

"the Director" means the relevant Director appointed in virtue of article 3 of the Act;

"official search" includes an application for, or a certificate issued, in terms of these regulations and in terms of articles 26 and 28 of the Act, as well as the verification of any other searches issued; "regular client" means that person who, or organization which, carries out regular business in terms of these regulations and is assigned an Applicant Code for the purpose of the Second Schedule; "records" includes indexes, notes, order books, lists, and registers, whether original or not and whether hand written, typed, microfilmed or reproduced by any other mechanical means or in computer format; "researcher" means a person holding a warrant to exercise the notarial profession in terms of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, a person holding the warrant of advocate or legal procurator in terms of the Code of Organization and Civil

Procedure, an agent, as well as any person carrying out research for cultural, historical or educational purposes approved by the Director;

"updating" means the bringing up to date of an official search issued up to ninety days prior to the submission of the request for its updating; "verification" means the checking and certification of any searches and includes the checking and certification of notes of reference in respect of particular notes of preference not forming part of an official search application.