2.—(1) In these Regulations–
“the 1965 Act” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965;
“the 1977 Act” means the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977;
“the 2004 Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004;
“bulk particular search” means a search for multiple specified entries, by comparison of electronic records, caused to be made by the Registrar General;
“general search” means a search (other than an Internet search) over any period of years for any number of entries, made by any person with the permission of the Registrar General or the district registrar;
“Internet search” means a search, in the indexes to the statutory registers and in the indexes to the parochial registers made available on the Internet, made by any person by means of the Internet with the permission of the Registrar General;
“Internet search session” means the period of time beginning with the time at which a person has–
access to the indexes made available on the Internet; and
agreed to pay the prescribed fee for an Internet search session,
and ending–
168 hours after that time; or, if sooner,
with the time at which that person has retrieved 30 computer screens or part screens of index data;
“particular search” means a search for a specified entry caused to be made by the Registrar General or made by a district registrar;
“search” means a bulk particular search, a general search, an Internet search or, as the case may be, a particular search;
“working day” means a day on which the General Register Office is open for the purpose specified in section 38(2) of the 1965 Act.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to an application made by post includes an application made by facsimile.
(3) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered Schedule or to a Part of a Schedule is a reference to a Schedule or Part of a Schedule to these Regulations.