{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-administration-rules-2018/article-7.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-administration-rules-2018/article-7.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1135",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Administration Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-administration-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/7.3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7.3",
  "heading": "Authentication",
  "text": "(1) A document in electronic form is sufficiently authenticated—\n(a) if the identity of the sender is confirmed in a manner specified by the recipient; or\n(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.\n(2) A document in hard-copy form is sufficiently authenticated if it is signed.\n(3) If a document is authenticated by the signature of an individual on behalf of—\n(a) a body of persons, the document must also state the position of that individual in relation to the body;\n(b) a body corporate of which the individual is the sole member, the document must also state that fact.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1135/article/7.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:52:44.908739+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}