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SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS COMING INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008

PART 2OTHER AMENDMENTS

Land Registration Act 2002 (c.9)

224.  In section 91 of the Land Registration Act 2002 (electronic dispositions: formalities), for subsection (9) substitute—

(9) In relation to the execution of a document by a company in accordance with section 44(2) of the Companies Act 2006 (signature on behalf of the company)—

(a)subsection (4) above has effect in relation to paragraph (a) of that provision (signature by two authorised signatories) but not paragraph (b) (signature by director in presence of witness);

(b)the other provisions of section 44 apply accordingly (the references to a document purporting to be signed in accordance with subsection (2) of that section being read as references to its purporting to be authenticated in accordance with this section);

(c)where subsection (4) above has effect in relation to a person signing on behalf of more than one company, the requirement of subsection (6) of that section is treated as met if the document specifies the different capacities in which the person signs. .