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

Fees payable from 1st August 2008

Column 1Column 2Column 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)

158

2.  Submission of a document conferring a continuing or welfare power of attorney under section 19 of the Act

6560

3.  Provision of a duplicate or replacement of a certificate issued under section 19(2) of the Act

1011

4.  Audit of accounts submitted by a continuing attorney under section 20(2)(b) of the Act

9587

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

6560

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

6560

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

1011

8.  Processing of an application for appointment as a reserve withdrawer under section 26D

1011

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

1011

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

1011

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

1011

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)

1011

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

4035

14.  Provision of a copy of any document–

(a)up to 10 pages

5

(b)each page thereafter

0.500.20

(c)on a computer disc or in other electronic form per document

53

15.  Registration under section 6(2) of the Act of–

6560

(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

4541

17.  Recall of the powers of a guardian under section 73 of the Act–

(a)for an estate with no heritable property

4541

(b)for an estate with heritable property

9587

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 £30,0004541
£30,001 to £50,000190174
£50,001 to £100,000375348
£100,001 to £500,000630580
£500,001 and over945870

19.  Granting an application for consent made in accordance with paragraph 6 of schedule 2 to the Act

125116

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 £30,0006558
£30,001 to £50,000160145
£50,001 to £100,000440406
£100,001 to £250,000565522
£250,001 to £750,000755696
£750,001 to £2,000,0001,5101,392
£2,000,001 and over2,2002,030

21.  Final audit of accounts submitted in accordance with paragraph 7 of schedule 2 to the Act–

Estate value (excluding heritable property)
£0 to £30,000115108
£30,001 to £50,000210195
£50,001 to £100,000495456
£100,001 to £250,000620572
£250,001 to £750,000810746
£750,001 to £2,000,0001,5651,442
£2,000,001 and over2,2552,080
(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.