Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1868

[F1 6A. Provision for writs transmitted electronically to general register of sasines U.K.

(1) This section applies where an application is transmitted electronically for recording in the general register of sasines of a writ F2 ... which may be recorded in the register.

(2) The keeper of the register must on receipt of an application cause it to be acknowledged to the sender.

(3) The keeper must cause the name of the sender to be entered in the presentment book.

(4) The writ is to be recorded in the same manner as a traditional document, save that the copy or copies are to be entered in and kept on a computer or similar device under the keeper’s management and control.

(5) Following recording, the keeper must confirm recording to the sender.

[F3 (6) For the purposes of this section, submission by electronic means of a copy of the writ is sufficient evidence of the original for the purposes of accepting an application.

(7) But subsection (6) applies only where submission of the copy is by a means (and in a form) which is specified on the Keeper’s website as being acceptable.

(8) In subsection (6), the reference to submission by electronic means is to submission—

(a) by means of an electronic communications network (for example as an attachment to an email), or

(b) by other means but in a form which requires the use of electronic apparatus by the recipient to render the thing delivered intelligible.

(9) In this section—

• “electronic communications network” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003,

• “the Keeper’s website” means the website maintained by, or on behalf of, the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 6A, 6B inserted (12.3.2018) by The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/72), regs. 1(1), 9(4)

F2 Words in s. 6A(1) repealed (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 33(4)(a), 59(1) (with s. 48(1)(c)(2)(c)(3)(b))

F3 S. 6A(6)-(9) inserted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 33(4)(b), 59(1) (with s. 48(1)(c)(2)(c)(3)(b))