Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00216:clause:1_3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00216
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 3
Character Range: 5309–5905

3  After subsection 127(2)
Insert:
 (2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), the fixing of a common seal to a document is taken to have been witnessed by a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of that subsection if:
 (a) the person observes the fixing of the seal by electronic means; and
 (b) the person signs the document; and
 (c) the document includes a statement that the person observed the fixing of the seal by electronic means.
Note: Subsections (3A) to (3C) set out circumstances in which a person is taken to sign a document by signing a copy or counterpart of the document.