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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/8/section/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (Amendment) 2012</dc:title><dc:subject>Local Government</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">COURT OF SESSION</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-07-15</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2012-01-22</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Act of Sederunt amends Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (No.2) 2011 as it contained some errors.</dc:description>
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<P2para><Text>The Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms (<Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation><Character Name="NonBreakingSpace"/>2) 2011<FootnoteRef Ref="f00003"/> is amended in accordance with the following subparagraphs.</Text>
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<Text>Where the service or intimation of a document or inhibition is executed in a remote rural area the fees specified in the Table of Fees at Item 1(a)(i), 2(a)(i) and 2(b)(i) shall be surcharged by the levying of an additional fee of 30 per cent of the fee specified in the Table of Fees.</Text>
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<Para><Text>“remote rural area” means an area classified as such in the Scottish Government’s Urban/Rural Classification 2009-2010.</Text>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/431" id="c00004" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2011" Number="0431">S.S.I. 2011/431</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>The Scottish Government Urban/Rural Classification 2009/2010 was published by the Office of the Chief Statistician, August 2010.</Text></Para>
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