The Companies (Registrar, Languages and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2006

Certification of electronic copies by registrar

2.—(1) Where—

(a) a person requires a copy of material on the register under section 1086 of the 2006 Act,

(b) that person expressly requests that the copy be certified as a true copy, and

(c) the registrar provides the copy in electronic form,

the registrar’s certificate that the copy is an accurate record of the contents of the original document must be provided in accordance with the following provisions.

(2) The certificate must be authenticated by means of an electronic signature that—

(a) is uniquely linked to the registrar,

(b) indicates that the registrar has caused it to be applied,

(c) is created using means that the registrar can maintain under his sole control, and

(d) is linked—

(i) to the certificate, and

(ii) to the copy provided under section 1086 of the 2006 Act

in such a manner that any subsequent change of the data comprised in either is detectable.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, an “electronic signature” means data in electronic form which are attached to or logically associated with other electronic data and which serve as a method of authentication.