Regulation 216 The signification of consent
(1)
A human occupant must sign the consent form.
(2)
A human occupant must date the consent form and record on the form the time at which the consent form was signed.
(3)
An electronic signature satisfies the requirements to sign the consent form in paragraph (1).
(4)
In this regulation “electronic signature” has the same meaning as in section 7(2) (electronic signatures and related certificates) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000f1.
Annotations
Footnotes
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2000 c. 7. Section 7(2) was amended by S.I. 2016/696 and provides that an electronic signature is so much of anything in electronic form as: (a) is incorporated into or otherwise logically associated with any electronic communication or electronic data, and (b) purports to be used by the individual creating it to sign.