The Insolvency (Scotland) (Company Voluntary Arrangements and Administration) Rules 2018 No. 1082 (S. 4)

PART 1 SCOPE, INTERPRETATION, TIME AND RULES ABOUT DOCUMENTS

CHAPTER 4 Form and content of documents

Authentication

1.6.—(1) A document in electronic form is authenticated—

(a) if the identity of the sender is confirmed in a manner specified by the recipient; or

(b) where the recipient has not so specified, if the communication contains or is accompanied by a statement of the identity of the sender and the recipient has no reason to doubt the truth of that statement.

(2) A document in hard copy form is authenticated if it is signed.

(3) If a document is authenticated by the signature of an individual on behalf of—

(a) a body of persons, the document must also state the position of that individual in relation to the body;

(b) a body corporate of which the individual is the sole member, the document must also state that fact.