(1)Where the Keeper accepts an application for registration, the date of registration is the date of the application.
(2)The time of registration is deemed to be the moment at which, following the application being received by the Keeper, the application record next closes.
(3)The Scottish Ministers may by order—
(a)amend subsection (2) so as to make different provision as regards time of registration, and
(b)make such other amendments to this Act as are consequential upon that amendment.
(4)Before making such an order, the Scottish Ministers must consult the Keeper.
Commencement Information
I1S. 37 in force at 8.12.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/127, art. 2