The Registration Services (Fees) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2010

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration Services (Fees) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2010.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) they come into force on 1st January 2011.

(3) Regulations 3(b) and (c), 5, 6(2)(b) to (e), (h) and (i), (k) and (l), (n) and (o) and (3)(b), 9 and 10(2)(b) to (e), (3) and (4) come into force on 1st April 2011.

Amendment of the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

2.  The Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(1) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “bulk particular search” insert—

““express bulk particular search” means a bulk particular search made within 5 working days of the first working day after the date on which the application is received by the Register General;”;

(b) in the definition of “Internet search session”, for “90 days” substitute “1 year”; and

(c) after the definition of “particular search” insert—

““public holiday” means Good Friday, Easter Monday, the first Monday in May and the third Monday in September;”.

4.  In regulation 4 (priority handling fee), for “£10” substitute “£15”.

5.  In regulation 7 (remission of fees), for paragraph (ba)(2) substitute—

“(ba) these criteria are met—

(i) remission is likely to promote public knowledge of the registers in respect of which fees are payable under these Regulations;

(ii) the fee remitted is for—

(aa) a general search made at the ScotlandsPeople Centre at General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY; or

(bb) an Internet search; and

(iii) the search is made—

(aa) by or on behalf of an association whose objects include genealogy;

(bb) by or on behalf of a school within the meaning of section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(3) or at a public library managed by a library authority (within the meaning of section 2 of the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887(4)); or

(cc) using a discount voucher which has previously been issued by the Register General;”.

6.—(1) Schedule 1 (fees payable to Registrar General) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In Part I (searches in statutory registers and parochial registers)—

(a) for “3.00” (fee for a particular search where an application is made in person) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “5.00”;

(b) for “6.00” (fee for an Internet search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “7.00”;

(c) for “10.00” (fee per day for a general search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “15.00”;

(d) for “440.00” (fee per quarter for a general search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “490.00”;

(e) for “1,250.00” (fee per year for a general search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “1,450.00”;

(f) for “100.00” (fee per application for a bulk particular search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “120.00”;

(g) for “0.01” (fee per record and per group of 10 records for a bulk particular search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “0.012”;

(h) omit entry 4(a) in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3 (fee per block reservation of 10 places for a general search of parochial registers and indexes to statutory registers);

(i) before entry 4(b) in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3, insert—

“(a)	in the case of a 2 hour session after 16:30 on a Monday to Friday—
	per group of up to 20 people	200.00
	per group of between 21 and 50 people	250.00
	per person	10.00
(ab)	on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday—
	per person, per day	30.00”;

(j) after entry 5 in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3, insert—

“5A. Express bulk particular search in the indexes to the statutory registers, whether the specified entry is traced or not—
(a)	per application;	180.00
(b)	for each of the first 20,000 records searched;	0.018
(c)	for each group of 10 records (or part thereof) searched additional to the first 20,000 records	0.018”;

(k) omit entry 8(a) in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3 (fee per block reservation of 10 places for a general search of the index to the Register of Dissolutions of Civil Partnership);

(l) before entry 8(b) in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3, insert—

“(a)	in the case of a 2 hour session after 16:30 on a Monday to Friday—
	per group of up to 20 people	200.00
	per group of between 21 and 50 people	250.00
	per person	10.00
(ab)	on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday—
	per person, per day	30.00”;

(m) after entry 9 in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3, insert—

“9A. Express bulk particular search in the index to the Register of Dissolutions of Civil Partnership, whether the specified entry is traced or not—
(a)	per application;	180.00
(b)	for each of the first 20,000 records searched;	0.018
(c)	for each group of 10 records (or part thereof) searched additional to the first 20,000 records	0.018”;

(n) omit entry 12(a) in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3 (fee per block reservation of 10 places for a general search in the index of accessible material);

(o) before entry 12 (b) in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3, insert—

“(a)	in the case of a 2 hour session after 16:30 on a Monday to Friday—
	per group of up to 20 people	200.00
	per group of between 21 and 50 people	250.00
	per person	10.00
(ab)	on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday—
	per person, per day	30.00”; and

(p) after entry 13 in column 2 and the corresponding entries in column 3, insert—

“14. Express bulk particular search in the index of accessible material under section 58(1) of the 2006 Act, whether the specified entry is traced or not—
(a)	per application;	180.00
(b)	for each of the first 20,000 records searched;	0.018
(c)	for each group of 10 records (or part thereof) searched additional to the first 20,000 records	0.018”.

(3) In Part II (issue of extracts of entries in statutory and parochial registers and of abbreviated extracts)—

(a) for “8.00” (fee for the issue of an extract or copy) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “10.00”; and

(b) for “10.00” (fee for the issue of an extract or copy of an entry identified by Internet search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “12.00”.

(4) In Part III (changes of name), in column 3, for “36.00” (fee for the recording of name, change of name or surname or alternative name), substitute “40.00”.

7.—(1) Schedule 2 (Fees payable to District Registrars) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Part I (searches in statutory registers and parochial registers), for “10.00” (fee per hour for a general search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “15.00”.

(3) In Part II (issue of extracts of entries in statutory registers and parochial registers and of abbreviated extracts), for “9.00” (fee for the issue of an extract or copy) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “10.00”.

Amendment of the Book of Scottish Connections Regulations 2008

8.—(1) The Book of Scottish Connections Regulations 2008(5) are amended in accordance with regulations 9 to 11.

9.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “internet search session”, for “90 days” substitute “1 year”; and

(b) after the definition of “particular search” insert—

““public holiday” means Good Friday, Easter Monday, the first Monday in May and the third Monday in September;”.

10.—(1) Schedule 9 (fees payable to Registrar General) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In column 3—

(a) for “3.00” (fee for a particular search where the application is made in person), substitute “5.00”;

(b) for “6.00” (fee for an internet search), substitute “7.00”;

(c) for “10.00” (fee per day for a general search), substitute “15.00”;

(d) for “440.00” (fee per quarter for a general search), substitute “490.00”; and

(e) for “1,250.00” (fee per year for a general search), substitute “1,450.00”.

(3) Omit entry 5(a) in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3 (fee per block reservation of 10 places for a general search).

(4) Before entry 5(b) in column 2 and the corresponding entry in column 3, insert—

“(a)	in the case of a 2 hour session after 16:30 on a Monday to Friday—
	per group of up to 20 people	200.00
	per group of between 21 and 50 people	250.00
	per person	10.00
(ab)	on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday—
	per person, per day	30.00”.

11.  In Schedule 10 (fees payable to district registrars), for “10.00” (fee per hour for a general search) each time it appears in column 3, substitute “15.00”.

PAUL M PARR

Deputy Registrar General for Scotland

New Register House,

Edinburgh

30th November 2010

Approved by the Scottish Ministers

JIM MATHER

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Minsters

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

1st December 2010