# Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995, Paragraph 2

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(1) Except where an enactment expressly provides otherwise, where a granter of a traditional document is a partnership, the document is signed by the partnership if it is signed on its behalf by a partner or by a person authorised to sign the document on its behalf.
(2) A person signing on behalf of a partnership under this paragraph may use his own name or the firm name.
(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph apply in relation to the signing of an alteration made to a document as they apply in relation to the signing of a document.
(4) In this paragraph “partnership” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Partnership Act 1890.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/7/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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