The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1680
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

“the principal Regulations ” means the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 .

Section 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 2–

(a) in the definition of “general search” after the words “means a search,” there shall be inserted the words “(other than an Internet search)”;

(b) after the definition of “general search” there shall be inserted the following definitions:–

“Internet search” means a search, in the indexes to the statutory registers and in the indexes to the parochial registers made available on the Internet, made by any person by means of the Internet with the permission of the Registrar General.

“Internet search session” means the period of time beginning with the time at which a person has–

access to the indexes made available on the Internet; and

agreed to pay the prescribed fee for an Internet search session,

and ending–

24 hours after that time; or if sooner,

with the time at which that person has retrieved 30 computer screens or part screens of index data;

(c) at the end there shall be added the following:–

, and any reference in these Regulations to an application made by post includes an application made by facsimile.

Section 4 Amendment of the principal Regulations

After the entries numbered 1(b) and 2(b) in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following entries in columns 2 and 4 of that Schedule–

(c) by electronic mail

Section 5 Amendment of the principal Regulations

After the entry numbered 4 in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following entries in column 2 and 4 of that Schedule–

(4A) Issue of extract of entry identified by an Internet search where application is made by electronic mail in the course of that search.

Section 6 Amendment of the principal Regulations

After the entry numbered 5(b) in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following entries in columns 2 and 4 of that Schedule:–

(c) by electronic mail

Section 7 Amendment of the principal Regulations

After the entries numbered 9(b) and 10(b) in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be entered the following entries in columns 2 and 4 of that Schedule:–

(c) by electronic mail

Section 8 Amendment of the principal Regulations

After the entry numbered 11 in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following entries in columns 1, 2 and 4 of that Schedule:–

(11A) Internet search– per Internet search session