photocopy birth certificates

[anni9843deni]

Who can sign a photocopy of a birth certificate, needed for opening grand children's savings accounts?

[CheekyChops]

Not sure what you mean... do you mean you want to take a photocopy into the Bank and use it to open the account? The normal way would be to take the original in and the bank would photocopy it for tyheir records and give you the original back.

If you want a certified copy to send off in the post then it needs to be signed by someone official like a solicitor, Doctor or as I said, your Bank.

[CheekyChops]

forgot to say... Whoever signs it, they will need to see the original as well.

[dzug]

Whoever the organisation that wants the copy will accept - there's no general law about it.

[north star]

Spot on dzug. There is nothing special about solicitors and doctors (eg) that gives them 'authority' to authenticate documents rather then, say, a taxi driver (eg). I am sure the relatives of HArold Shipmans victims would agree.

[tamborine]

any professional, doctor/director/vicar/accountant - so long as they include their occupation under signature.

most window cleaners work for themselves so are directors, same for landscape gardeners/builders/decorators.