Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996

Authentication of copies of documents

26.1.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Act of 1995 (production of copy documents), a copy, or a copy of a material part, of a document shall be authenticated—

(a) by a person who is—

(i) the author of the original of it;

(ii) a person in, or who has been in, possession and control of the original of it or a copy of it; or

(iii) the authorised representative of the person in, or who has been in, possession and control of the original of it or a copy of it; and

(b) by means of a signed certificate, certifying the copy as a true copy, which may be in Form 26.1-A—

(i) endorsed on the copy; or

(ii) attached to the copy.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to Act of 1995 (documents kept by businesses etc.), a document shall be certified by a docquet in Form 26.1-B—

(a) endorsed on the document; or

(b) attached to the document.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 8 to the Act of 1995 (statements not contained in business documents), a certificate shall be in Form 26.1-C.