
1 
This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
2 
The fees payable in relation to the matters specified in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 (and repeated in column 1 of the Schedule to the Order) shall be varied by substituting those specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order (the fees formerly payable being shown in column 2).
3 
The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1988 is hereby revoked.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th February 1990
SCHEDULE
Article 2


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
(Matter to which fee relates) (Fee formerly payable) (Fee payable)
 £ £
On every patent of arms with supporters 502.00 547.00
On every patent of arms without supporters 312.00 340.00
On every matriculation of arms with supporters, without a new patent 166.00 186.00
On every matriculation of arms without supporters, without a new patent 125.00 140.00
On every matriculation of arms without a new patent of arms, but with a patent of supporters 315.00 347.00
On every genealogy recorded 105.00 115.00
Additional for each member of the pedigree  3.25  4.00
Certificate regarding change of surname  37.00  41.00
Search in register of arms  3.25  4.00
Search in register of genealogies  7.00  7.00
General search in heraldic MSS  37.00  37.00
General search in genealogical MSS  37.00  37.00
On every extract from a register  7.00  8.00
On entering a caveat  22.00  24.00
On admission of a messenger-at-arms to practise in the district of Edinburgh 114.00 125.00
On admission of messenger-at-arms to practise out of the district of Edinburgh  99.00 109.00
Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms practising in the district of Edinburgh  18.00  20.00
Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms practising out of the district of Edinburgh  18.00  20.00
On renewal of a messenger’s bond of caution  37.00  37.00
On recording resignation or change of residence of a messenger  3.25  4.00
On search for a messenger’s cautioner  3.25  4.00
On every certified statement of name and designation of such cautioner, and date of bond  7.00  7.00
On each petition or paper lodged in a process against a messenger  7.00  7.00
On each interlocutor in a process against a messenger  7.00  7.00
On extracting each warrant, decree, or precept of suspension, first sheet  7.00  8.00
On ditto, each subsequent sheet  3.25  4.00
On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept  7.00  8.00
On examining executions of service and intimations of precepts of suspension, marking them on the record and giving out certificates  7.00  8.00
On lending process and taking receipt  3.25  4.00
On return of process and scoring receipt  3.25  4.00
On re-admission of a messenger-at-arms  22.00  24.00
On the appointment of a herald  10.00  10.00
On the appointment of a pursuivant  10.00  10.00