Searches and extracts 31 Searching the assignations record (1) The Keeper must provide a facility by which the assignations record may be searched. (2) That search facility must allow the assignations record to be searched by reference to, 25 and only by reference to— (a) any of the following information in the entries contained in that record— (i) the names of assignors, which must be capable of being searched with and without the months and years of birth of assignors who are individuals, (ii) the identifying numbers of assignors required by RoA Rules to be identified 30 in the assignations record by such a number, (b) registration numbers allocated, under section 23(1)(b), to entries in that record, or (c) any other factor, or characteristic, specified for the purposes of this paragraph by RoA Rules. 35 (3) Subject to any restrictions imposed under RoA Rules, a person may search the assignations record using the search facility provided under subsection (1) provided that either— (a) such fee as is payable for the search is paid, or 19 Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Assignation Chapter 2—Register of Assignations (b) arrangements satisfactory to the Keeper are made for payment of that fee. (4A) But no fee is payable for a search of the assignations record which is carried out on behalf of an individual by a not-for-profit money adviser (being an adviser who does not charge individuals for the adviser’s services). 5 (5) The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, make further provision about the meaning of “not-for-profit money adviser” for the purposes of subsection (4). 32 Admissibility and evidential status of search results (1) A copy of a search result (in printed or electronic form) which relates to a search carried out by means of a search facility provided by the Keeper is admissible in evidence. 10 (2) In the absence of evidence to the contrary— 1 (a) where such a search result purports to show an entry in the assignations record, it is sufficient proof of— (i) the registration of the assignation document to which the result relates, (ii) where applicable, a correction of the entry in the assignations record to 15 which the result relates, and (iii) the date and time of such registration or, as the case may be, correction, and (b) where such a search result purports not to show an entry in the assignations record, it is sufficient proof of an entry in the assignations record not being disclosed at 20 the date and time of such search by means of the search carried out. 33 Extracts and their evidential status (1) A person may apply to the Keeper for an extract of an entry in the register. (2) The Keeper must issue the extract if— (a) such fee as is payable for issuing it is paid, or 25 (b) arrangements satisfactory to the Keeper are made for payment of that fee. (2A) But if, on application under subsection (1), the applicant requests an extract as at a specific date and time, the Keeper need comply with the request only to the extent that it is reasonably practicable to do so. (3) The Keeper may validate the extract as the Keeper considers appropriate. 30 (4) The Keeper may issue the extract as an electronic document unless the applicant requests that it be issued as a traditional document. (5) The extract is to be accepted for all purposes as sufficient evidence of the contents of the entry as at— (a) in the case of an extract requested as mentioned in subsection (2A), the date and 35 time to which the extract relates (being a date and time specified in the extract), and (b) in any other case, the date on which and the time at which the extract is issued (being a date and time specified in the extract). 20 Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Assignation Chapter 2—Register of Assignations Requests for information 34 Assignee’s duty to respond to request for information (1) An entitled person may ask the person identified in an entry in the assignations record as the assignee (the “registered assignee”) to provide the entitled person with a written 5 statement as to whether— (a) a claim specified by the entitled person is assigned by the assignation document, (aa) the registered assignee has granted a further assignation document in respect of the claim, or (b) a condition specified by the entitled person and to which the assignation is subject 10 has been satisfied. 1 (2) The following are entitled persons for the purposes of this section— (a) in relation to a request under subsection (1), a person who (depending on who holds the claim) may have a right to execute diligence against the claim, or (b) a person not mentioned in paragraph (a) but who has the consent of the person 15 identified in the entry as the assignor to make a request under subsection (1). (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), a person who may have a right to execute diligence against the claim includes a person authorised to execute a charge for payment who (depending on who holds the claim) may have a right to execute diligence against the claim if and when the days of charge expire without payment. 20 (4) The registered assignee must, within 21 days beginning with the day of receiving a request under subsection (1), comply with it unless— (a) it is manifest that the registration is ineffective in relation to the assignation of the claim to which the request relates, (b) in the case of a request made under subsection (1)(a), it is manifest from the entry 25 for the assignation that the claim specified is not assigned by the assignation document, (c) both— (i) the registered assignee has, within the period of 3 months ending with the day of receipt...