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The witness and authorised representative must print/type their name in full. I.E. J. Smith is not acceptable, but John Smith is.

The witness must be a person having the age of majority AND must have witnessed the authorised representative signature on the document. For companies, this is usually a co-worker. But the witness can also be a friend, neighbor, etc. provided the two conditions (mentioned at the beginning of the paragraph) were met.

As for who can be the authorised representative, please consult with section 1.2 (e) of the Registrant Agreement.

"Authorized Representative” means, in the case of a Registrant that is a corporation, government, union, educational institute, museum, library, archive, or hospital , an employee, a director, or a governor for the Registrant. For a Registrant that is not a corporation, government, union, educational institute, museum, library, archive, hospital, or an individual, a person with signing authority for the Registrant whose signing authority is not limited to Meetings and CIRA Elections;" The authorised representative must be identified with the listed registrant.

As a final note: If you can not get the signature of tehe registrant, you can not apply for MCAC