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(1) This Order may be cited as the Crofting Register (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2012 and comes into force on 30th November 2012.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Act” means the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010; and
 “township” means the township allocated to a croft entered in the Register of Crofts by the Crofters Commission or the Commission.
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The fee payable to the Keeper in respect of a matter specified in column 1 of the Table of Fees in the Schedule is the fee specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.
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(1) The fee payable in respect of the first registration of a croft is reduced by £20 where the application for its registration is—
(a) submitted under section 7(1) of the Act jointly with applications for registration of—
(i) 9 or more other crofts in the same township; or
(ii) all of the crofts in the same township where that township comprises more than 1 but less than 10 crofts; and
(b) received by the Commission prior to 30th November 2013.
(2) The reduction provided for in paragraph (1) does not apply to an application where—
(a) the Commission makes a requirement under section 7(4) of the Act in relation to it; and
(b) the requirement is not complied with within 12 weeks from the date on which that requirement is made.
PAUL WHEELHOUSE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th October 2012
SCHEDULE
Article 2


Column 1 Column 2
Applications for registration and updating a registration schedule Fee
Registration of a croft under section 4(1) or (2) of the Act £90
Updating the registration schedule of a registered croft following an event under section 5(1) of the Act £90
Registration of a common grazing under section 24(1) of the Act £90
Updating a registration schedule for a registered common grazing following an event under section 25(1) of the Act £90
Registration of a new common grazing under section 26(1) of the Act £90
Registration of land held runrig under section 32(1) of the Act £90
Updating a registration schedule for a registered land held runrig following an event under section 32(5) of the Act £90
Requests for searches, reports, copies of documents or information Fees
Search request submitted by email or letter £8 plus VAT
Search request made in person at a Registers of Scotland Customer Service Centre £12 plus VAT
Copy registration schedule of a croft, common grazing or land held runrig £16 plus VAT
Office Copy of a registration schedule of a croft, common grazing or land held runrig £30 plus VAT
Copy of an Ordnance Survey map supplied for the purpose of registration £16 plus VAT
Information provided by the Keeper regarding the suitability of an applicant’s map for registration purposes £30 plus VAT