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

Fees payable from 1st April 2009

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	15
2.  Submission of a document conferring a continuing or welfare power of attorney under section 19 of the Act	65	65
3.  Provision of a duplicate or replacement of a certificate issued under section 19(2) of the Act	10	10
4.  Audit of accounts submitted by a continuing attorney under section 20(2)(b) of the Act	95	95
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	65
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	65
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	10
8.  Processing of an application for appointment as a reserve withdrawer under section 26D	10	10
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	10
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	10
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	10
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	10
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	40
14.  Provision of a copy of any document–
(a) up to 10 pages	5	5
(b) each page thereafter	0.50	0.50
(c) on a computer disc or in other electronic form per document	5	5
15.  Registration under section 6(2) of the Act of–	65	65
(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	45
17.  Recall of the powers of a guardian under section 73 of the Act–
(a) for an estate with no heritable property	45	45
(b) for an estate with heritable property	95	95
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	45
£30,001 to £50,000	195	190
£50,001 to £100,000	390	375
£100,001 to £500,000	650	630
£500,001 and over	970	945
19.  Granting an application for consent made in accordance with paragraph 6 of schedule 2 to the Act	130	125
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	65
£30,001 to £50,000	160	160
£50,001 to £100,000	455	440
£100,001 to £250,000	580	565
£250,001 to £750,000	775	755
£750,001 to £2,000,000	1,555	1,510
£2,000,001 and over	2,265	2,200
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	120	115
£30,001 to £50,000	220	210
£50,001 to £100,000	510	495
£100,001 to £250,000	640	620
£250,001 to £750,000	835	810
£750,001 to £2,000,000	1,610	1,565
£2,000,001 and over	2,320	2,255

(1)

Column 3 shows the fees which were payable by virtue of Schedule 1 to these Regulations immediately before the coming into force of this Schedule.