Part 1: Constitution, proceedings etc Seal and evidence
Paragraph 11 sets out how the IMA’s seal is to be authenticated, and how it should be treated once authenticated. This provision is needed to clarify how documents produced by the IMA can be verified as being official communications, and how these documents should be treated.
	The IMA’s seal is authenticated through the signature of the chief executive of the IMA or another person authorised by the IMA for that purpose. Any document that purports to be executed under the IMA’s seal or signed on its behalf is to be received in evidence and taken to be so unless the contrary is shown.
	Sub-paragraph (3) provides that paragraph 11 does not apply in relation to any document signed in accordance with the law of Scotland.