Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012

110 Fees

(1) The Scottish Ministers may, by order—

(a) provide for the fees payable in relation to—

(i) registering, recording or entering in any register under the management and control of the Keeper,

(ii) access to such a register,

(iii) information made available by the Keeper,

(b) provide for the method of paying any such fees, and

(c) authorise the Keeper to determine, in such circumstances and subject to such limitations and conditions as may be specified in the order, any such fees.

(2) An order under this section may make different provision for different cases or for different classes of case.

(3) Before making an order under this section, the Scottish Ministers must consult the Keeper about, among other things—

(a) the expenses incurred by the Keeper in relation to administering and improving the systems of—

(i) registering, recording or entering in any register under the management and control of the Keeper,

(ii) providing access to any such register, and

(iii) making information available,

(b) in the case of the register, the expenses incurred by the Keeper in bringing all titles to land into it,

(c) the desirability of encouraging registering, recording and entering in any register under the management and control of the Keeper.

(4) In subsections (1)(a)(iii) and (3)(a)(iii), “information”—

(a) includes information in the form of extracts and certified copies,

(b) does not include information provided by virtue of section 108.