Section 34: Register of Inhibitions: electronic signature of documents
125.This section relates to the Register of Inhibitions and makes provision for registration or recording in that register to proceed on the basis of electronic submission of documents and copies of documents to the Keeper of the Registers, inserting a new section 148A into the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007.
126.Section 148A(1) sets out that this provision applies to any document which is required or permitted to be registered with the Keeper in the Register of Inhibitions.
127.Section 148A(2) provides that documents may be signed by way of a basic electronic signature in order to be registered in the Register, including a version of an electronic signature which is reproduced on a paper document.
128.Section 148(3) and (4) provide that any legal requirement that a document be given to the Keeper in order to be registered or recorded in the Register may be fulfilled by transmitting it to the Keeper electronically, so long as the means and form for electronic submission are specified as acceptable on the Keeper’s website (www.ros.gov.uk).
