[F14B.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), section 1(2)(a)(ii) of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (which requires certain gratuitous unilateral obligations to be in writing) shall not apply (if it would otherwise do so) to any gratuitous unilateral obligation relating to shares where—
(a)the obligation is created by means of electronic communication;
(b)the electronic communication is made by the debtor in the obligation;
(c)such evidence (if any) as the company may require to prove the right of the person referred to in paragraph (b) to create the obligation is provided to it.
(2) Where section 1(2)(a)(ii) of that Act does not apply by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), the obligation shall not be considered an obligation mentioned in subsection (2)(a) of that section for the purposes of subsection (3).
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) is of no effect in a particular case if the company refuses to register the transfer of shares which would, apart from this sub-paragraph, by made by the obligation in that case.
(4) This paragraph extends to Scotland only.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 paras. 4A-4C inserted (6.3.2009) by The Open-Ended Investment Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/553), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)