| (1) | A medical scheme shall be deemed not to have complied with any provision of this Act which imposes upon such a medical scheme the obligation to furnish to the Registrar a document prepared by the medical scheme, unless such document is signed by the principal officer and one other person authorised in accordance with the rules of the medical scheme to sign documents. |
| (2) | The following persons, other than an auditor or valuator, shall sign any document which in terms of any provision of this Act must be furnished by a medical scheme to the Registrar: |
| (a) | In the case of a board of trustees, the chairperson of the board of trustees, and by one other member of such board; and |
| (b) | in any other case, persons designated by the Registrar who exercise control over the business of the medical scheme concerned. |
| (3) | A medical scheme shall be deemed not to have complied with the provisions of section 38 unless any income statement, cash flow statement, balance sheet or return required to be submitted, is certified by the auditor of the medical scheme. |
| (4) | Any person who is required in terms of this Act to furnish to the Registrar— |
| (a) | any original document; or |
| (b) | a copy of any document, |
shall furnish one copy thereof certified as correct—
| (ii) | in any other case, by the person by whom such copy is required to be furnished, together with so many additional copies as the Registrar may require. |
