# Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995, Paragraph 1

Extent: S

(1) Any reference in any other enactment to a probative document shall, in relation to a document executed after the commencement of this Act, be construed as a reference to a document in relation to which section 6(2)or 9G(2) of this Act applies.
(2) For the purposes of any enactment—
(a) providing for a document to be executed by a body corporate by affixing its common seal; or
(b) referring (in whatever terms) to a document so executed,
a document signed , subscribed or authenticated by or on behalf of the body corporate in accordance with the provisions of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 shall have effect as if so executed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/7/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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