This piece of legislation was made to bring clarity to the meanings of certain words or phrases that are frequently used in other laws.
In Schedule 1 of the Act there is a list of words and expressions and their definitions in law. These definitions apply unless an alternative definition is given. Two of the definitions which we found quite interesting are:
“Person” – includes a body of persons corporate or unincorporate.
This means that a company is also classed as a “person” despite it not being a human.
“Writing” – includes typing, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form, and expressions referring to writing are construed accordingly.
This includes, in the modern era, emails, texts, WhatsApps where traditionally, many people did not treat such as “writing”.
As always, any questions or support with the above please email us at: philip@whitecollarlegalandadmin.com or phone 0151 230 8931.