PART 12Informed consent
CHAPTER 6Evidential requirements with regard to the information and the signification of consent
The signification of consent216.
(1)
A human occupant must sign the consent form.
(2)
A human occupant must date the consent form and record on the form the time at which the consent form was signed.
(3)
An electronic signature satisfies the requirements to sign the consent form in paragraph (1).
(4)
In this regulation “electronic signature” has the same meaning as in section 7(2) (electronic signatures and related certificates) of the Electronic Communications Act 200061.