Section 124 Replacement of document evidencing authority

(1) If the document evidencing an authority is damaged, lost or stolen, the holder of the authority may apply to the administering agency for a replacement document.

(2) The application must be—

(a) in the approved form or, if there is no approved form for the application, in writing; and

(b) supported by enough information to enable the administering agency to decide the application; and

(c) accompanied by the fee for the replacement document (if any).

(3) The administering agency may replace the document evidencing the authority only if the administering agency is reasonably satisfied it has been damaged, lost or stolen.

(4) In this section—

damaged includes destroyed, defaced, mutilated or made illegible.