(1) A person who is authorised to execute a document that is to have effect as
a deed for the State may execute the document by signing the document.
(2)
The person may sign the document under subsection (1) without using a seal and
whether or not in the presence of a witness.
(3) If a seal is used to execute
a document that is to have effect as a deed for the State, the fixing of the
seal to the document is taken to have been witnessed by a person who is
authorised to witness the fixing of the seal if—
(a) the person observes the
fixing of the seal by audio visual link; and
(b) the person signs the
document; and
(c) the document includes a statement that the person observed
the fixing of the seal by audio visual link.