PART 5 Register of Sasines - dual registration of electronic documents

Signing of traditional documents and electronic applications for recording

11.  In rule 4 of the Sasine Application Rules (signing of application for recording)—

(a) the existing rule becomes paragraph “(1)”;

(b) for “The application” substitute “In the case of recording a traditional document (within the meaning of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995), the application”; and

(c) at the end, insert—

“(2) An application sent electronically need not be signed but the applicant must confirm that the applicant makes the Applicant Statement and Declarations.”.