Paragraph 4

At the end of section 59 of the M1Commissioners Clauses Act 1847 there shall be added the following subsection—

“(2)

This section shall apply to Scotland as if—

(a)

for the words from “by deed under” to “recorded” there were substituted the words—

“by a document—

(a)

if they are a corporation, subscribed in accordance with section 7 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995;

(b)

if they are not a corporation, subscribed in accordance with the said section 7 by the commissioners or any two of them acting by the authority of and on behalf of the commissioners;

and a document so subscribed, followed by infeftment duly recorded,”;

(b)

for the words from “under such” to “acting” there were substituted the word “subscribed”.”