RM2020 - Registering claims: Reconstituting the file

When you need to reconstitute the file

• get a form R299 from either the District Inspector or Inspector(S)
• use this as a record of the search and the reconstitution
• ask the Inspector who issued the form R299 to sign the certificate on it
• if you had to ask another District to make a search, ask them to complete a form R299. They will leave blank the part about reconstitution of the file and send the R299 to you
• put the R299 you complete (and the one from another District if you receive one) in the permanent notes cover
• make a new file. Mark it clearly `Reconstituted. Original missing’
• pass the reconstituted file with the claim to the allocation officer.

If you subsequently find the original file see RM1220.