Regulation 4 Legibility and signing of security instrumentsI1

The lettering of the terms of the security included in the document referred to in section 105(4)(a) of the Act and of the information contained in that document for the purpose of conforming to these Regulations shall, apart from any signature, be easily legible and of a colour which is readily distinguishable from the F1background medium upon which the information is displayed.

The signature of the said document shall be made by or on behalf of the surety in the space in the document indicated for the purpose.

Nothing in paragraph (2) above shall prohibit the inclusion in the said document, near to any such signature, of the signature by any witness outside any signature box in which the surety may sign.

In Scotland any provision in paragraph (2) above requiring the said document to be signed shall be complied with by a body corporate if the document is properly executed in accordance with the law of Scotland.

Where a security instrument is intended to be concluded by the use of an electronic communication nothing in this Regulation shall prohibit the inclusion in the signature box of information about the process or means of providing, communicating or verifying the signature to be made by or on behalf of the surety.