Part 3

Electronic documents

Presumptions as to granter's authentication
etc.
when established in court proceedings
9D
1
Where—
a
an electronic document bears to have been authenticated by a granter of it, and
b
there is no presumption under section 9C that the document has been authenticated by that granter,
the court must, on an application being made to it by any person who has an interest in the document, if satisfied that the document was authenticated by that granter, grant decree to that effect.
2
Where—
a
an electronic document bears to have been authenticated by a granter of it, and
b
there is no presumption by virtue of section 9E(1) as to the time, date or place of authentication,
the court must, on an application being made to it by any person who has an interest in the document, if satisfied as to that time, date or place, grant decree to that effect.
3
On an application under subsection (1) or (2), evidence is, unless the court otherwise directs, to be given by affidavit.
4
An application under subsection (1) or (2) may be made either as a summary application or as incidental to, and in the course of, other proceedings.
5
The effect of a decree—
a
under subsection (1), is to establish a presumption that the document has been authenticated by the granter concerned, or
b
under subsection (2), is to establish a presumption that the statement in the decree as to time, date or place is correct.
6
In this section, “
the court
” means—
a
in the case of a summary application—
i
the sheriff in whose sheriffdom the applicant resides, or
ii
if the applicant does not reside in Scotland, the sheriff at Edinburgh, or
b
in the case of an application made in the course of other proceedings, the court before which those proceedings are pending.
Pt. 3 inserted (22.3.2014 for specified purposes, 11.5.2014 for specified purposes, 1.4.2022 for specified purposes) by Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 5), ss. 97(2), 122, 123 (with s. 121, sch. 4 paras. 13, 16); S.S.I. 2014/41, art. 2(1)(a)(b)(2), sch. Pts. 1, 2 (with arts. 3, 4); S.S.I. 2021/472, art. 2