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

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe, with effect from 1st April 1997, the fees payable to the Registrar General and district registrars for services provided under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (“the Act”).

The provision regarding remission of fees where an entry has been made in the Register of Corrections Etc. under section 28(1)(b) of the Act and an extract has been requested by the informant has been amended so as to restrict its application to cases in which the informant has already bought an extract of the relevant entry in the register of deaths (regulation 6(d)).

The fees for the services listed in Schedule 1 are increased by £1 except –

(a) the entries numbered 9, 10, 11(a), 12 and 13 in column 2 of that Schedule which remain the same; and

(b) the entry numbered 11(b) in column 2 of that Schedule which remains the same (excluding the fee per year for a general search in both the parochial registers and in the indexes to the statutory registers which is increased from £1350 to £1500).

The fees for the services listed in Schedule 2 are increased by £1 except the entries numbered 10 and 11 in column 2 of that Schedule which remain the same.

The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1993, the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 are revoked.