The Adults with Incapacity (Public Guardian’s Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

Regulation 2(3)(a), as read with regulation 1

SCHEDULE 1 TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE TO PUBLIC GUARDIAN

Fees payable from 1st August 2008

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
(Matters)	(Fee payable)£	(Fee formerly payable)(1)
	£	£
1.  Search of registers under section 6(2)(b) of the Act (per half hour or any part thereof)	15	8
2.  Submission of a document conferring a continuing or welfare power of attorney under section 19 of the Act	65	60
3.  Provision of a duplicate or replacement of a certificate issued under section 19(2) of the Act	10	11
4.  Audit of accounts submitted by a continuing attorney under section 20(2)(b) of the Act	95	87
5.  Processing of an application for authorisation to obtain information about the adult’s funds under section 24C of the Act, and where such an application is granted, the issue of a certificate authorising any fundholder to provide the applicant with such information	65	60
6.  Where there is no application under section 24C or where the certificate granted under section 24C is more than 4 months old, processing of an application for authorisation to intromit with funds under section 25 of the Act, and where such an application is granted, the issue of a certificate of authority to the withdrawer	65	60
7.  Processing of an application for appointment as a joint withdrawer under section 26B of the Act, and where such an application is granted, the issue of a certificate of authority to the joint withdrawer	10	11
8.  Processing of an application for appointment as a reserve withdrawer under section 26D	10	11
9.  Provision of a certificate of authority to the reserve withdrawer under section 26E(3)(b) where the certificate is not applied for at the same time as the application under section 26D is made	10	11
10.  Processing of an application for variation of a withdrawal certificate under section 26F of the Act, and where such an application is granted, the issue of a varied withdrawal certificate to the withdrawer	10	11
11.  Where an application for authority to transfer a specified sum under section 26G of the Act is not made at the same time as an application under section 25, processing of an application under section 26G, and where such an application is granted, the issue of a certificate to the applicant	10	11
12.  Provision of a duplicate or replacement of a certificate of authority issued under sections 24C(3), 24D(3), 25(4)(b), 26B(4)(b), 26E(3)(b), 26F(3)(b) or 26G(4)(b)	10	11
13.  Processing of an application for renewal of authority to intromit with funds under section 31B of the Act, and where such an application is granted, the issue of a certificate of authority to the joint withdrawer	40	35
14.  Provision of a copy of any document–
(a) up to 10 pages	5	–
(b) each page thereafter	0.50	0.20
(c) on a computer disc or in other electronic form per document	5	3
15.  Registration under section 6(2) of the Act of–	65	60
(a) a guardianship order;
(b) an intervention order;
(c) a variation of a guardianship order;
(d) a variation of an intervention order; or
(e) a renewal of a guardianship order,
made under Part 6 of the Act (including, where appropriate, checking caution or other security and issuing certificates)
16.  Authorisation of a gift out of the adult’s estate under section 66(1) of the Act, where the gift has a value in excess of £2,500	45	41
17.  Recall of the powers of a guardian under section 73 of the Act–
(a) for an estate with no heritable property	45	41
(b) for an estate with heritable property	95	87
18.  Approval of guardian’s management plan and inventory, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of schedule 2 to the Act–
Estate value (excluding heritable property)
£0 to £30,000	45	41
£30,001 to £50,000	190	174
£50,001 to £100,000	375	348
£100,001 to £500,000	630	580
£500,001 and over	945	870
19.  Granting an application for consent made in accordance with paragraph 6 of schedule 2 to the Act	125	116
20.  Audit (except final audit) of accounts submitted in accordance with paragraph 7 of schedule 2 to the Act–
Estate value (excluding heritable property)
£0 to £30,000	65	58
£30,001 to £50,000	160	145
£50,001 to £100,000	440	406
£100,001 to £250,000	565	522
£250,001 to £750,000	755	696
£750,001 to £2,000,000	1,510	1,392
£2,000,001 and over	2,200	2,030
21.  Final audit of accounts submitted in accordance with paragraph 7 of schedule 2 to the Act–
Estate value (excluding heritable property)
£0 to £30,000	115	108
£30,001 to £50,000	210	195
£50,001 to £100,000	495	456
£100,001 to £250,000	620	572
£250,001 to £750,000	810	746
£750,001 to £2,000,000	1,565	1,442
£2,000,001 and over	2,255	2,080

(1)

Column 3 shows the fees which were payable under S.S.I. 2008/52 immediately before the coming into force of this Schedule. Where there is no entry in column 3 but an entry in column 2 the matter is new or has been amended such that no direct comparison can be made with the fee formerly payable.