PART 2 Scale fees

5 Charges of registered estates
1 The fee for an application for the registration of a charge is payable under Scale 2 on the amount of the charge assessed under article 8 unless it is an application to which paragraphs (2), (3) or (4) apply.
2 No fee is payable for an application to register a charge lodged with or before the completion of a scale fee application (`the primary application') that will result in the chargor being registered as proprietor of the registered land included in the charge unless—
(a) the charge includes a registered estate which is not included in the primary application, where paragraph (4) applies; or
(b) the primary application is a voluntary application, in which case this paragraph shall apply only if the application to register the charge accompanies the primary application.
3 No fee is to be paid for an application to register a charge made by a predecessor in title of the applicant that is lodged with or before completion of an application for first registration of the estate included in the charge.
4 Where a charge also includes a registered estate which is not included in the primary application any fee payable under Scale 2 is to be assessed on an amount calculated as follows:
Value of the additional propertyValue of all the property included in the charge×Amount secured by the charge
5 The fee for an application for the registration of—
(a) the transfer of a registered charge for monetary consideration; or
(b) a transfer for the purpose of giving effect to the disposition for monetary consideration of a share in a registered charge,
is payable under Scale 2 on the amount or value of the consideration.
6 The fee for an application for the registration of the transfer of a registered charge otherwise than for monetary consideration is payable under Scale 2 on—
(a) the amount secured by the registered charge at the time of the transfer; or
(b) where the transfer relates to more than one charge, the aggregate of the amounts secured by the registered charges at the time of the transfer.
7 The fee for an application for the registration of a transfer for the purpose of giving effect to a disposition otherwise than for monetary consideration of a share in a registered charge is payable under Scale 2 on—
(a) the proportionate part of the amount secured by the registered charge at the time of the transfer; or
(b) where the transfer relates to more than one charge, the proportionate part of the aggregate of the amounts secured by the registered charges at the time of the transfer.
8 This article takes effect subject to article 6 (large scale applications).