Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 11th May 2014.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 1995 Act” means the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995;
“the 2002 Regulations” means the Electronic Signatures Regulations 2002(1);
“advanced electronic signature” means an advanced electronic signature as defined in regulation 2 of the 2002 Regulations; and
“electronic document” has the meaning given in section 9A of the 1995 Act(2).
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Section 9A is inserted by the 2012 Act, section 97 for limited purposes by, and subject to transitional provision for ARTL documents in article 3(2) of, S.S.I. 2014/41.