The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/2371
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“ the Act ” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965;

“general search” means a search, over any period of years for any number of entries, made by any person with the permission of the Registrar General or the district registrar;

“particular search” means a search for a specified entry caused to be made by the Registrar General or made by a district registrar.

Section 3 Fees payable to Registrar General

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation and regulation 5, the fees payable under the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations for the services described in column 2 of that Schedule shall (in place of the amounts previously prescribed which are specified in column 3 thereof be the amounts specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

(2) The Registrar General may, on application by any body or organisation not operating for profit, determine an annual inclusive fee for general searches made by such body or organisation in lieu of the fees for general searches as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, and any fee so determined shall not exceed the fees otherwise payable under the said Schedule, and shall be subject to annual review thereafter.

Section 4 Fees payable to district registrars

Subject to regulation 5, the fees payable under the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations for the services described in column 2 of that Schedule shall (in place of the amounts previously prescribed which are specified in column 3 thereof be the amounts specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

Section 5 Remission of fees

The Registrar General may remit any fee or part of a fee where the payment of the fee is likely to cause hardship to the person by whom it is payable or the service in respect of which the fee is payable is performed for research purposes.

Section 6 Revocation

The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) ( No. 2) Regulations 1988 are hereby revoked.