The Crofting Register (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order sets the fees payable for the registration of a croft, common grazing or land held runrig in the Crofting Register, the updating and rectification of registration schedules in that register and in respect of provision by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland of searches, reports, certificates, copies or information from the Crofting Register.

Article 2 and the Schedule provide for the fees. No fee is charged in relation to electronic access to the Crofting Register, updating the registration schedule of a registered croft after the Crofting Commission have notified the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland of the taking of a step under section 4(4)(a) to (o) or (q) of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 or rectification of a registration schedule of a registered croft, common grazing or land held runrig under section 16(2) to (4) of that Act. Article 3 provides for a reduction in fees in relation to the voluntary registration of crofts where either 10 or more applications for registration of crofts in the same township, or all the crofts in the same township comprising more than one but less than 10 crofts, are submitted jointly to the Crofting Commission. Such joint applications must be received by the Crofting Commission prior to 30th November 2013. The fee is then reduced by £20 in respect of each application. Where further information required by the Crofting Commission is not supplied by the applicant within 12 weeks, the reduction will not apply.

A business and regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.