The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) (No. 2) Order 2008

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 168

ARMORIAL BEARINGS, ENSIGNS AND FLAGS

The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) (No. 2) Order 2008

Made

24th April 2008

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

28th April 2008

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of, as read with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968(1) and of all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) (No. 2) Order 2008 and shall come into force immediately after the coming into force of the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 2008(2).

(2) In this Order “internet search” means a search in the indexes and digitised records of the Court of the Lord Lyon made available on the internet, made by any person by means of the internet with the permission of the Lord Lyon.

Variation of fees

2.  Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867(3) is amended in accordance with Article 3 of, and the Schedule to, this Order.

3.—(1) The contents of the Schedule to this Order are inserted after Part 1 of Schedule B(4) as Part 2 of Schedule B.

(2) Schedule B (except Parts 1 and 2) is revoked.

FERGUS EWING

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th April 2008

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE

PART 2 Fees payable in respect of devolved functions

Column 1	Column 2
(Matter to which fee relates)	(Fee payable)
	£
1.  On every matriculation of arms with supporters	347.00
2.  On every matriculation of arms without supporters	262.00
3.  On lodging a petition in respect of paragraphs 1 and 2 (which sum is then deducted from the total fees due on completion)	200.00
4.  On every genealogy recorded	220.00
5.  Additional for each member of the pedigree	11.00
6.  Certificate regarding change of surname	75.00
7.  Search in register of arms	15.00
8.  Internet search in the register of arms per entry downloaded	10.00
9.  Search in register of genealogies	15.00
10.  General search in heraldic MSS	52.00
11.  General search in genealogical MSS	52.00
12.  On every reprographic extract from a digital image of a register Maximum charge	100.00
13.  On every other extract from a register	20.00
14.  On entering a caveat	45.00
15.  On admission of a messenger-at-arms	208.00
16.  Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms	34.00
17.  On recording resignation or change of residence of a messenger	11.00
18.  On search for a messenger’s cautioner	11.00
19.  On every certified statement of name and designation of such cautioner, and date of bond	15.00
20.  On extracting each warrant, decree, or precept of suspension – first sheet	20.00
each subsequent sheet	11.00
21.  On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept	20.00
22.  On examining executions of service and intimations of precepts of suspension, marking them on the record and giving out certificates	20.00
23.  On lending process and taking receipt	11.00
24.  On return of process and scoring receipt	11.00
25.  On re-admission of a messenger-at-arms	42.00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the fees payable in respect of devolved functions in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 by replacing them with the fees listed in the Schedule to this Order. The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 2008 varied the fees payable in respect of reserved functions in Schedule B by replacing them with the fees listed in the Schedule to that Order.

(1)

1968 c. 14. The functions of the Secretary of State to which the fees in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 relate, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

S.I. 2008/1166.

(3)

1867 c. 17; Schedule B was last amended by article 3 of, and the Schedule to, S.I. 1996/413.

(4)

Part I was inserted by S.I. 2008/1166.