Section 962 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (1):

"(1A)

(a) A certificate to be issued by the Collector-General under this section may -

(i) be issued in an electronic or other format, and

(ii) where the certificate is issued in a non-paper format, be reproduced in a paper format by the county registrar or sheriff or by persons authorised by the county registrar or sheriff to do so.

(b) A certificate issued in a non-paper format in accordance with paragraph (a) shall -

(i) constitute a valid certificate for all the purposes of this section,

(ii) be deemed to have been made by the Collector-General, and

(iii) be deemed to have been issued on the date that the Collector-General caused the certificate to issue.

(c)

(i) Where a certificate issued by the Collector-General in a non-paper format is reproduced in a paper format in accordance with paragraph (a) (ii) and

(I) the reproduction contains, or there is appended to it, a note to the effect that it is a copy of a certificate so issued, and