Section 47 Other amendments of the 1965 ActI1

The 1965 Act is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).

In section 53 (offences), in subsection (1)(a), after “registrar” there is inserted “ or the Registrar General ”.

After section 54 there is inserted—

“Form, and manner of attestation, of documents

54A

(1)

Regulations prescribing the form of a document may, unless the document requires to be signed, make provision for the document to be electronic rather than paper-based.

(2)

Regulations prescribing the manner in which a document requires to be attested may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.”.