Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers) (Amendment) 2021

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SCHEDULE 2

TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE TO SHERIFF OFFICERS

Column AColumn B
Item££

1.  Service or intimation of a document

(a)

Service

(i)

each person at a different address

55.1486.03
(ii)

each additional person at the same address or additional copy required to be served or intimated under the Act of 1987 and the Act of 2002

12.0219.41
(b)

Postal service

16.8528.55
(c)

Postal diligence

26.1642.91

2.  Inhibitions

(a)

Inhibitions only

(i)

each person at a different address

71.07110.01
(ii)

each additional person at the same address

22.9035.40
(b)

Inhibition and service

(i)

each person at a different address

82.98128.16
(ii)

each additional person at the same address

36.0555.68
(c)

Inhibition, service and interdict

(i)

each person at a different address

212.89
(ii)

each additional person at the same address

90.60

3.  Interdicts (including non-harassment orders under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and antisocial behaviour orders under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004)

(a)

Interdict only

(i)

each person at a different address

160.74
(ii)

each additional person at the same address

35.40
(b)

Interdict and service

(i)

each person at a different address

180.70
(ii)

each additional person at the same address

55.04

4.  Attachments

(a)

Service notice of entry

7.8912.18
(b)

Arranging attachment and endeavouring but being unable to execute the same for whatever reason

62.2691.14
(c)

Arranging and executing attachment where appraised value is—

(i)

£708 or under

106.64106.64
(ii)

over £708 and up to £2,845

165.31165.31
(iii)

over £2,845 and up to £28,648 – 10% of the appraised value

(iv)

over £28,648 and up to £143,231 – 10% of the first £28,648, 5% thereafter

(v)

over £143,231 – 10% of the first £28,648 5% thereafter up to £143,231 and 1% thereafter

(d)

Reporting attachment

10.1110.11

5.  Attachment of motor vehicles, heavy plant or machinery

(a)

Arranging and executing attachment where appraised value is—

(i)

£708 or under

106.64106.64
(ii)

over £708 and up to £3,147

165.31165.31
(iii)

over £3,147 and up to £143,231 – 5% of the appraised value

(iv)

over £143,231 – 5% of the first £143,231 and 1% thereafter

(b)

Reporting attachment

10.1110.11

6.  Money attachments under the Act of 2007

(a)

Arranging attachment and endeavouring but being unable to execute the same for whatever reason

62.2691.14
(b)

Arranging and executing attachment, including removal of attached money, where value of money is—

(i)

£708 or under

106.64106.64
(ii)

over £708 and up to £2,845

165.31165.31
(iii)

over £2,845 and up to £28,648 – 10% of the value

(iv)

over £28,648 and up to £143,231 – 10% of the first £28,648, 5% thereafter

(v)

over £143,231 – 10% of the first £28,648, 5% thereafter up to £143,231 and 1% thereafter

(c)

Reporting attachment

10.1110.11

7.  Auctions

(a)

Arranging auction, preparing advertisement and giving public notice

26.3726.37
(b)

Intimating the place and date of auction and if necessary the date of removal of attached effects – as in items 1(a) or (b) above, as the case may be

(c)

Officer and witness attending auction but auction not executed for whatever reason

58.0287.06
(d)

Officer and witness attending auction

160.74160.74

8.  Ejections

(a)

Arranging ejection

58.0287.06
(b)

Arranging and executing ejection

119.14135.13

9.  Taking possession of effects

(a)

Arranging possession

58.0287.06
(b)

Arranging and effecting possession

119.14160.74

10.  Apprehensions

(a)

Arranging apprehension

87.06
(b)

Arranging and apprehending

160.74

11.  Uplifting children

(a)

Arranging uplift

87.06
(b)

Uplifting of each child

160.74

12.  Arresting vessels, aircraft and cargo

(a)

Arranging to arrest

58.0287.06
(b)

Arranging and effecting arrestment

146.33266.02

13.  Miscellaneous

(a)

Making any report or application under the Act of 1987, the Act of 2002 or the Act of 2007 with the exception of reporting an attachment or a money attachment

20.2220.22
(b)

Granting any receipt required to be issued under the Act of 1987 or the Act of 2002

10.1110.11
(c)

Arranging locksmith or tradesperson to be in attendance

6.476.47
(d)

Granting certificate of displenishment or providing any other certificate or report, registering any document or making any application to a court or the creditor

20.2220.22
(e)

Executing warrant to open lockfast places

20.2220.22
(f)

Time

(i)

with witness – £32.40 per unit

(ii)

without witness – £24.15 per unit

(g)

Photocopies

(i)

first page document – £2.28

(ii)

subsequent pages – per page £1.25

(h)

Service of a document in Scotland under the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters concluded on 15th November 1965 (commonly referred to as the “Hague Service Convention”) where service is effected by a method mentioned in rule 5.4(1), (3), (4) or (5) of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 (service within Scotland by sheriff officer) or rule 5.5 of the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2015 (methods of intimation: by sheriff officer).

£151.05£151.05