# Land Registration Act 2002, Paragraph 8: Presumption of authority


Where—
(a) a person who is authorised under a network access agreement to do so uses the network for the making of a disposition or contract, and
(b) the document which purports to effect the disposition or to be the contract—
(i) purports to be authenticated by him as agent, and
(ii) contains a statement to the effect that he is acting under the authority of his principal,
he shall be deemed, in favour of any other party, to be so acting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/9/schedule/5/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-8
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