26SAfter subsection (2) of section 2 of the M1Colonial Stock Act 1892 there shall be added the following subsection—
“(2A)This section shall have effect in relation to Scotland as if—
(a)in subsection (1) for the words from “deed according” to “parties” there were substituted the words “a document in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act or to the like effect and the document as executed”;
(b)in subsection (2) for the words “by deed” there were substituted the words “under this section”.”
Marginal Citations
27SAt the end of the Schedule to that Act there shall be added the words “[If the document is granted under the law of Scotland, for the words from “Witness our hands” to the end substitute “[Testing clause+
+Note—Subscription of the document by the granter of it will be sufficient for the document to be formally valid, but witnessing of it may be necessary or desirable for other purposes (see the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995).]”]”.