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An Act to provide for the appointment of a Keeper of the Registers of Scotland and of a Keeper of the Records of Scotland, the transference to such Keepers of the powers and duties of the Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland and the discontinuance of that office; to amend the law and procedure regarding registration in the General Register of Sasines and for purposes connected with the aforesaid purposes.
[30th July 1948]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
(1)It shall be lawful for the [F1Scottish Ministers] with the consent of the Lord President of the Court of Session to appoint (a) a Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, and (b) a Keeper of the Records of Scotland, and on such appointments being made the office of Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland shall cease to exist.
(2)There shall be transferred to and vested in the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland the whole functions of the Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland with regard to the framing of the General Register of Sasines, the Register of Hornings, the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications F2... and the Register of Deeds, together with the powers and duties transferred to the said Keeper from the Director of Chancery under section seven of the M1Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act, 1928.
(3)There shall be transferred to and vested in the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, the whole functions of the Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland with regard to the preservation of the public registers, records and rolls of Scotland.
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(6)In the event of a vacancy in the office of either of the Keepers appointed under this section or in the absence of either of them from any cause his functions shall be performed by such member of his staff or such other person as may be authorised by the [F4Scottish Ministers].
(7)Any reference in any enactment to the Keeper of the General Register of Sasines shall be construed as a reference to the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, and any reference in any enactment to the Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland shall be construed as a reference to the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland or to the Keeper of the Records of Scotland according as the enactment relates to the functions specified in subsection (2) or in subsection (3) of this section.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1) substituted (1.7.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125, Sch. 8, para. 8 (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2
F2Words in s. 1(2) repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
F3S. 1(4)(5) repealed (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 22(a), Pt. IV
F4Words in s.1(6) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 22(b)
F5S. 1(8) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6 c. 6)
Marginal Citations
The following provisions shall have effect with regard to the recording of writs in the General Register of Sasines—
(a)the names and designations of the presenters of writs shall not be entered in the minute book;
(b)each page of the minute book shall be signed by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland or by a deputy duly authorised by him in that behalf, and no further signature shall be necessary for the authentication of the minute book; and in particular it shall not be necessary that the minute book be signed by the presenter of a writ or in the case of a writ transmitted to the Register by post by a clerk in the office of the said Keeper;
(c) . . . F6
Textual Amendments
F6S. 2(c) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. XIV
Section six of the Land Registers (Scotland) Act, 1868, shall be amended by the substitution for the words from “attach to his signature” to “and thereafter” of the words “stamp the words “by post” in the presentment book and thereafter enter.”
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of s. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
The Court of Session may, by Act of Sederunt, make provision with regard to the General Register of Sasines,—
(a)prescribing the forms to be used for the purposes of entries in the presentment books, minute books and relative indexes, prescribing the forms of rubrics and preambles in the register volumes, of certificates of recording to be endorsed on writs, of extracts to be issued, and generally of any documents required for the purposes of the Register, and the persons by whom any such documents shall be signed;
(b)requiring that in such cases and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, where reference is made in a writ presented for recording in the Register to a writ previously recorded therein, the reference shall specify, as well as the date of such previous recording, the register volume and folio in which the writ is so recorded;
(c)for the transmission, at such time or times as may be prescribed, to the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, of the register volumes, presentment books, abstracts, indexes or copies thereof, and any other documents (or copies) prepared or kept for the purposes of the register.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Any regulations made under section twelve of the M2Public Records (Scotland) Act, 1937 with regard to the disposal of records transmitted to the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, shall apply to records which could competently have been transmitted to the said Keeper under section five of the said Act or otherwise if the Keeper and the body or person having the custody of the records so agree.
Marginal Citations
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
the expression “functions” includes powers and duties; the expressions “minute book” “presentment book” and “register volume” have the like meanings as in the Land Registers (Scotland) Act, 1868.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Public Registers and Records (Scotland) Act, 1948.
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Textual Amendments
F7S. 7(2), Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6 c. 6)
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Textual Amendments
F8S. 7(2), Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6 c. 6)
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