The Lands Tribunal for Scotland Amendment (Fees) Rules 2003

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 521

LANDS TRIBUNAL

The Lands Tribunal for Scotland Amendment (Fees) Rules 2003

Made

30th October 2003

Coming into force

1st November 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6) and (12)(e) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(2), hereby make the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Lands Tribunal for Scotland Amendment (Fees) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 1st November 2003.

Table of Fees

2.  The Table of Fees set out in the Schedule to these Rules shall be inserted after the Table of Fees contained in Schedule 2 to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland Rules 1971(3).

HUGH HENRY

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

30th October 2003

Rule 2

SCHEDULE FEES

Item	Fee Payable
16.  On an application under section 20 of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000(4)	£150
17.  On an application under section 90(1)(b)(ii) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003(5)	£150
18.  On an application under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003(6)	£150
19.  On a referral under section 86(5) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 or section 44 of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000	£150
20.  On the hearing of an application or referral under items 16, 17, 18 or 19 above	£155 for each day on which the Tribunal sits
21.  On the making of an order under section 20 of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 or under section 90(1)(b)(ii) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003	£88 + 100 per cent of the cost of registering the order where the Tribunal is obliged to do so
22.  For placing an advertisement in connection with applications under section 20 of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 and section 90(1)(b)(ii) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003	100 per cent of the cost of the advertisement in an appropriate newspaper (charge is restricted to the cost of one advertisement irrespective of the number of advertisements placed)

Explanatory Note

(This note does not form part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Lands Tribunal for Scotland Rules 1971 from 1st November 2003 by adding new fees in respect of applications, referrals and other procedure under the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.

(1)

1949 c. 42. Section 3 was amended by section 50(2) of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 35) and by S.I. 1972/2002. The functions of the Lord Advocate were transferred to the Secretary of State for Scotland by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Advocate and Secretary of State) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/678) and to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act.

(2)

1992 c. 53.

(3)

S.I. 1971/218 as amended by the Lands Tribunal for Scotland (Amendment) (Fees) Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/519), which substituted a new table of fees in Schedule 2.

(4)

2000 asp 5.

(5)

2003 asp 9.

(6)

2003 asp 2.