Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. A208A:"After Clause 753, insert the following new clause—" ““REQUIREMENT OF AUTHENTICATION    A document or information sent or supplied by a person to a company is sufficiently authenticated— (a)   in the case of a document or information in hard copy form, if it is signed by the person sending or supplying it; (b)   in the case of a document or information in electronic form— (i)   if the identity of the sender is confirmed in a manner specified by the company, or (ii)   if, where no such manner has been specified by the company, the communication contains or is accompanied by a statement of the identity of the sender and the company has no reason to doubt the truth of that statement.”” On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 754 [Interpretation of company communications provisions]: