![]() The Law Commission report ‘Electronic execution of documents’ (Law Com No 386), published in September 2019, endorsed an approach put forward by the Law Society in a practice note “Execution of documents by virtual means” that was originally produced in 2009. Broadly speaking, therefore, an individually regulated conveyancer’s firm or employer will be a conveyancer, and anything required in this guide to be done by a conveyancer, as opposed to an individually regulated conveyancer, can be done by any member of the conveyancer’s staff. ![]() In this guide, ‘conveyancer’ has the meaning given by rule 217A of the Land Registration Rules 2003 and ‘individually regulated conveyancer’ means an individual described in paragraph (2)(a) or (b) of that rule. This guide is NOT concerned with electronic signatures that are used in documents creating interests which are only going to be the subject of a unilateral or agreed notice: we can proceed with the application for the entry of the notice regardless of the form of electronic signature used. It also explains a form of electronic signature (a Qualified Electronic Signature) that can currently only be used by firms taking part in a pilot, but which will, we hope, be available more widely in due course. The guide sets out the different forms of electronic signatures which HM Land Registry can accept and the documents in respect of which they can be used. ![]() They often deal with complex matters and use legal terms. ![]() Please note that HM Land Registry’s practice guides are aimed primarily at solicitors and other conveyancers. ![]()
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