8.—(1) Where a licence has been lost or defaced before its expiry, the licensee may apply to the Director for the issue of a certified true copy of the licence.
(2) Upon receiving an application under paragraph (1) and the payment of the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule, the Director shall issue a certified true copy of the licence to the licensee and the certified true copy of the licence so issued shall have the same effect as the original thereof.
(3) Any licensee to whom a certified true copy of a licence has been issued in replacement of a licence which he has lost shall, upon discovering the original licence, forthwith return the certified true copy of the licence to the Director.
(4) No certified true copy of a licence shall be issued in place of a defaced licence unless the defaced licence is surrendered to the Director for cancellation.
(5) No refund shall be made for the fee paid —
(a)
for a certified true copy of a licence upon its return to the Director under paragraph (3); or
(b)
for a licence surrendered to the Director under paragraph (4).