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