{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995/section-10A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995/section-10A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/7",
  "legislation_title": "Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/10A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10A",
  "heading": "Disapplication of physical presence requirements",
  "text": "(1) The following requirements (however expressed) do not apply—\n(a) a requirement for a relevant person to be physically in the same place as another person when that person—\n(i) signs or subscribes a document or an alteration of a document,\n(ii) takes an oath, or\n(iii) makes an affirmation or declaration,\n(b) a requirement for another person to be physically in the same place as a relevant person when the relevant person signs or subscribes a document or an alteration of a document.\n(2) In this section—\n“relevant person” means—\n(a)a solicitor,\n(b)an advocate,\n(c)a notary public,\n“requirement” means a requirement arising from an enactment or rule of law.\n(3) For the avoidance of doubt—\n(a) the requirements described by subsection (1)(a) include a requirement that may be fulfilled by the physical presence of a professional of a type not mentioned in the definition of “relevant person” as well as by a professional of a type that is (for example, it includes a requirement for the physical presence of a solicitor or a registered medical practitioner), but\n(b) subsection (1) only causes such a requirement not to apply in relation to a professional of a type that is mentioned in the definition of “relevant person”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 10A inserted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 39(3), 59(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/7/section/10A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:20.773931+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}