PART 2THE SHERIFF APPEAL COURT
CHAPTER 4ADMINISTRATION
Records
62Records of the Sheriff Appeal Court
1
A record of the Sheriff Appeal Court is authenticated by being signed by—
a
an Appeal Sheriff, or
b
the Clerk of the Court.
2
A record authenticated in accordance with subsection (1), or a certified copy of such a record or of an extract of such a record, is sufficient evidence of the facts recorded in the record.
3
The Sheriff Appeal Court may keep (and produce) records in electronic form.
4
For the purposes of this section, a reference to a record or a copy of a record being signed or, as the case may be, certified, includes a reference to the record or copy being authenticated by means of—
a
an electronic signature, or
b
such other means of authentication as may be specified for that purpose by an act of sederunt under section 104(1).
5
In this section—
“certified copy” means a copy certified by the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court as a true copy,
“electronic signature” is to be construed in accordance with section 7(2) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000, but includes a version of an electronic signature which is reproduced on a paper document,
“record” means any interlocutor, decree, minute or other document by which the proceedings and decisions of the Sheriff Appeal Court are recorded.