Section 8C: Validity of electronic transferable records

8C. Validity of electronic transferable records Where an enactment requires a transferable document or instrument, that requirement shall be met by an electronic transferable record if – (a) the electronic record contains the information that would be required to be contained in a paper-based transferable document or instrument; and (b) a reliable method is used to – (i) identify the record as the electronic transferable record; (ii) render that electronic record capable of being subject to control from its creation until it ceases to have any effect or validity; and (iii) retain the integrity of that electronic record, by ensuring that the information contained in the electronic transferable record, including any authorised change that arises from its creation until it ceases to have any effect or validity, has remained complete and unaltered apart from any change which arises in the normal course of communication, storage and display.