Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers) (Amendment) 2024

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SCHEDULE 2

“TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE TO SHERIFF OFFICERS

	Column A	Column B
Item	£	£
1.   Service or intimation of a document
(a) Service
(i) each person at a different address	61.70	96.27
(ii) each additional person at the same address or additional copy required to be served or intimated under the Act of 1987 and the Act of 2002	13.45	21.72
(b) Postal service	18.86	31.95
(c) Postal diligence	29.27	48.02
2.   Inhibitions
(a) Inhibitions only
(i) each person at a different address	79.53	123.10
(ii) each additional person at the same address	25.63	39.61
(b) Inhibition and service
(i) each person at a different address	92.85	143.41
(ii) each additional person at the same address	40.34	62.31
(c) Inhibition, service and interdict
(i) each person at a different address		238.22
(ii) each additional person at the same address		101.38
3.   Interdicts (including non-harassment orders under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997(1) and antisocial behaviour orders under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004(2))
(a) Interdict only
(i) each person at a different address		179.87
(ii) each additional person at the same address		39.61
(b) Interdict and service
(i) each person at a different address		202.20
(ii) each additional person at the same address		61.59
4.   Attachments
(a) Service notice of entry	8.83	13.63
(b) Arranging attachment and endeavouring but being unable to execute the same for whatever reason	69.67	101.99
(c) Arranging and executing attachment where appraised value is—
(i) £708 or under	119.33	119.33
(ii) over £708 and up to £2,845	184.98	184.98
(iii) over £2,845 and up to £28,648 – 10% of the appraised value
(iv) over £28,648 and up to £143,231 – 10% of the first £28,648, 5% thereafter
(v) over £143,231 – 10% of the first £28,648 5% thereafter up to £143,231 and 1% thereafter
(d) Reporting attachment	11.31	11.31
5.   Attachment of motor vehicles, heavy plant or machinery
(a) Arranging and executing attachment where appraised value is—
(i) £708 or under	119.33	119.33
(ii) over £708 and up to £3,147	184.98	184.98
(iii) over £3,147 and up to £143,231 – 5% of the appraised value
(iv) over £143,231 – 5% of the first £143,231 and 1% thereafter
(b) Reporting attachment	11.31	11.31
6.   Money attachments under the Act of 2007
(a) Arranging attachment and endeavouring but being unable to execute the same for whatever reason	69.67	101.99
(b) Arranging and executing attachment, including removal of attached money, where value of money is—
(i) £708 or under	119.33	119.33
(ii) over £708 and up to £2,845	184.98	184.98
(iii) over £2,845 and up to £28,648 – 10% of the value
(iv) over £28,648 and up to £143,231 – 10% of the first £28,648, 5% thereafter
(v) over £143,231 – 10% of the first £28,648, 5% thereafter up to £143,231 and 1% thereafter
(c) Reporting attachment	11.31	11.31
7.   Auctions
(a) Arranging auction, preparing advertisement and giving public notice	29.51	29.51
(b) Intimating the place and date of auction and if necessary the date of removal of attached effects – as in items 1(a) or (b) above, as the case may be
(c) Officer and witness attending auction but auction not executed for whatever reason	64.92	97.42
(d) Officer and witness attending auction	179.87	179.87
8.   Ejections
(a) Arranging ejection	64.92	97.42
(b) Arranging and executing ejection	133.32	151.21
9.   Taking possession of effects
(a) Arranging possession	64.92	97.42
(b) Arranging and effecting possession	133.32	179.87
10.   Apprehensions
(a) Arranging apprehension		97.42
(b) Arranging and apprehending		179.87
11.   Uplifting children
(a) Arranging uplift		97.42
(b) Uplifting of each child		179.87
12.   Arresting vessels, aircraft and cargo
(a) Arranging to arrest	64.92	97.42
(b) Arranging and effecting arrestment	163.74	297.68
13.   Miscellaneous
(a) Making any report or application under the Act of 1987, the Act of 2002 or the Act of 2007 with the exception of reporting an attachment or a money attachment	22.63	22.63
(b) Granting any receipt required to be issued under the Act of 1987 or the Act of 2002	11.31	11.31
(c) Arranging locksmith or tradesperson to be in attendance	7.24	7.24
(d) Granting certificate of displenishment or providing any other certificate or report, registering any document or making any application to a court or the creditor	22.63	22.63
(e) Executing warrant to open lockfast places	22.63	22.63
(f) Time
(i) with witness – £36.26 per unit
(ii) without witness – £27.02 per unit
(g) Photocopies
(i) first page document – £2.55
(ii) subsequent pages – per page £1.40
(h) Service of a document in Scotland under the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters concluded on 15th November 1965 (commonly referred to as the “Hague Service Convention”) where service is effected by a method mentioned in rule 5.4(1), (3), (4) or (5) of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 (service within Scotland by sheriff officer)(3) or rule 5.5 of the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2021 (methods of intimation: by sheriff officer)(4)	169.02	169.02”

(1)

1997 c. 40.

(2)

2004 asp 8.

(3)

The Ordinary Cause Rules are in schedule 1 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (c. 51). Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 1993/1956 and last amended by S.S.I. 2023/196.

(4)

S.S.I. 2021/468.