PART 1GENERAL, INTERPRETATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

Electronic signatures and related certificates6

1

A requirement in these Regulations for an application (other than an application under regulation 13, 27 or 55), notice, representation or objection to be signed is satisfied (as an alternative to a signature given by hand) where there is—

a

an electronic signature incorporated into or otherwise logically associated with a particular electronic communication; and

b

the certification by any person of such a signature.

2

For the purposes of this regulation an electronic signature is so much of anything in electronic form as—

a

is incorporated into or otherwise logically associated with any electronic communication, or both; and

b

purports to be so incorporated or associated with the purpose of being used in establishing the authenticity of the communication, the integrity of the communication or both.

3

For the purposes of this regulation an electronic signature incorporated into or associated with a particular electronic communication is certified by any person if that person (whether before or after the making of the communication) has made a statement confirming that—

a

the signature;

b

a means of producing, communicating or verifying the signature; or

c

a procedure applied to the signature,

is (either alone or in combination with other factors) a valid means of establishing the authenticity of the communication, the integrity of the communication or both.