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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007.
(2) Except for regulation 2(5) and the Schedule, they come into force on 1st January 2008.
(3) Regulation 2(5) and the Schedule come into force on 28th April 2008.
(4) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
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(1) The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “Internet search” after “Register of Dissolutions of Civil Partnership” insert “, to the accessible material under section 58(1) of the 2006 Act”.
(3) At the end of regulation 3(c) (fees payable to Registrar General), add–“
 ;
(d) column 1 of Part IV of Schedule 1 for the services described in column 2 of that Schedule (notification of death) shall be the amount specified in column 3 thereof”.
(4) After regulation 7(b) (remission of fees), insert–“
(ba) remission is likely to promote public knowledge of the registers in respect of which fees are payable under these Regulations and the fee remitted is for an Internet search made–
(i) by or on behalf of an association whose objects include genealogy;
(ii) at a school within the meaning of section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 or a public library managed by a library authority (within the meaning of the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887); or
(iii) using a discount voucher which has previously been issued by the Registrar General;”.
(5) In Part I of Schedule 1 (fees payable to the Registrar General)–
(a) in entry 4 (general search – parochial and statutory registers), for columns 2 and 3 substitute columns 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations;
(b) in entry 8 (general search – Register of Dissolutions of Civil Partnership), for columns 2 and 3 substitute columns 1 and 2 of Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations;
(c) in entry 12 (general search – index of “accessible material”), for columns 2 and 3 substitute columns 1 and 2 of Part 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations.
 At the end of Schedule 1, add–“
PART IV

1 2 3
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 Service Fee payable under these Regulations
  £
Section 39B Weekly notice of all deaths registered in Scotland, as may be prescribed under section 39B(2) of the 1965 Act 2,000.00 per annum.”
D. MACNIVEN
Registrar General for Scotland
New Register House,
Edinburgh
27th November 2007Approved by the Scottish Ministers
JIM MATHER
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th November 2007
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(5)
PART 1

1 2 3 4
Service Fee payable under these Regulations Former Service Fee formerly payable under the principal Regulations
 £  £

“4 
General search in both the parochial registers and in the indexes to the statutory registers–  
4 
General search in both the parochial registers and in the indexes to the statutory registers– 

(a) in a case where a block reservation of 10 places has been made in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for reservation at this fee–  
(a) in a case where payment is made not less than 14 days in advance and a place is occupied in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for reservation at this fee– 
per day or part thereof 9.00 per place reserved per day or part thereof 13.00

(b) in any other case–  
(b) in any other case– 
per 2 hour session or part thereof (only one such session being available per person per day) in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for this purpose Nil per afternoon or part thereof (being any time after 1300 hours) 10.00
per day 10.00 per day 17.00
  per week 65.00
  per 4 weeks 220.00
per quarter 440.00 per quarter 500.00
per year 1,250.00” per year 1,500.00
PART 2

1 2 3 4
Service Fee payable under these Regulations Former Service Fee formerly payable under the principal Regulations
 £  £

“8 
General search in the index to the Register of Dissolutions of Civil Partnership–  
8 
General search in the index to the Register of Dissolutions of Civil Partnership– 

(a) in a case where a block reservation of 10 places has been made in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for reservation at this fee–  
(a) in a case where payment is made not less than 14 days in advance and a place is occupied in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for reservation at this fee– 
per day or part thereof 9.00 per place reserved per day or part thereof 13.00

(b) in any other case–  
(b) in any other case– 
per 2 hour session or part thereof (only one such session being available per person per day) in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for this purpose Nil per afternoon or part thereof (being any time after 1300 hours) 10.00
per day 10.00 per day 17.00
  per week 65.00
  per 4 weeks 220.00
per quarter 440.00 per quarter 500.00
per year 1,250.00” per year 1,500.00
PART 3

1 2 3 4
Service Fee payable under these Regulations Former Service Fee formerly payable under the principal Regulations
 £  £

“12 
General search in the index of accessible material under section 58(1) of the 2006 Act–  
12 
General search in the index of accessible material under section 58(1) of the 2006 Act– 

(a) in a case where a block reservation of 10 places has been made in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for reservation at this fee–  
(a) in a case where payment is made not less than 14 days in advance and a place is occupied in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for reservation at this fee– 
per day or part thereof 9.00 per place reserved per day or part thereof 13.00

(b) in any other case–  
(b) in any other case– 
per 2 hour session or part thereof (only one such session being available per person per day) in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for this purpose Nil per afternoon or part thereof (being any time after 1300 hours) 10.00
per day 10.00 per day 17.00
  per week 65.00
  per 4 weeks 220.00
per quarter 440.00 per quarter 500.00
per year 1,250.00” per year 1,500.00