Amendment of the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 20065

In regulation 7 (remission of fees), for paragraph (ba)6 substitute—

ba

these criteria are met—

i

remission is likely to promote public knowledge of the registers in respect of which fees are payable under these Regulations;

ii

the fee remitted is for—

aa

a general search made at the ScotlandsPeople Centre at General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY; or

bb

an Internet search; and

iii

the search is made—

aa

by or on behalf of an association whose objects include genealogy;

bb

by or on behalf of a school within the meaning of section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 19807 or at a public library managed by a library authority (within the meaning of section 2 of the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 18878); or

cc

using a discount voucher which has previously been issued by the Register General;