# Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024, Section 79: Amendment of Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) In section 7(7) of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (subscription and signing), after “partnerships,” insert “bodies of trustees,”.
(2) In schedule 2 of that Act (subscription and signing: special cases), after paragraph 2 insert—
“Trusts
2A (1) Except where an enactment or the trust deed expressly provides otherwise, where a granter of a document executed after the commencement of section 79 of the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 is a body of trustees, the document is signed by that body if it is signed on the body’s behalf either by a majority of the trustees or by a person (whether or not one of the trustees) authorised to sign the document on the body’s behalf.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph applies in relation to the signing of an alteration to a document as it applies in relation to the signing of a document.
(3) In this paragraph, “trust” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 81(1) of that Act of 2024.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/2/section/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-and-succession-scotland-act-2024/section-79
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