26   Leaving and delivery of messages

(1)  A message may be left by a person by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, an address advised by the Director-General.

(2)  The Director-General is:

(a)  to deliver the message to the person for whom it has been left on entry of the person’s name in the Reunion and Information Register, or

(b)  if the person’s name is not entered in the Register within the period of 25 years (or such longer period as the Director-General may, on application by the person who left the message, allow) after the message is left—is, if reasonably practicable, to return the message to the person who left it.

(3)  The Director-General may deliver a message:

(a)  by delivering it to the person for whom it has been left at the address entered on the register, or

(b)  if the person for whom it has been left advises the Director-General that he or she wishes to collect the message personally or to authorise another person to collect the message, by delivering it to the person or the other person authorised to collect it.