Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012

63Discharge of advance notice

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(1)A person who applied for an advance notice may apply to the Keeper for the discharge of that notice.

(2)An application under subsection (1) may be made only during the protected period.

(3)The Keeper may accept an application under subsection (1) only if—

(a)the person to whom the intended deed would be granted consents, and

(b)either—

(i)such fee as is payable in respect of the application is paid, or

(ii)arrangements satisfactory to the Keeper are made for payment of that fee.

(4)If the Keeper accepts the application, the Keeper must—

(a)if the advance notice was entered in the application record––

(i)remove it from there, and

(ii)if the notice has not already been entered in the archive record, enter it in that record,

(b)if the advance notice was recorded in the Register of Sasines, record a notice of discharge in relation to the advance notice.

(5)On the advance notice being removed from the application record or, as the case may be, a notice of discharge being recorded, the advance notice ceases to have effect.