Registers And Records Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Registers of Scotland (Voluntary Registration, Amendment of Fees, etc.) Order 2015. 2 With the exception of articles 2, 3 and 4(5), this Order comes into force on 30th June 2015. 3 Articles 2, 3 and 4(5) come into force on 1st April 2016. Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 – repeal of Keeper’s discretion to refuse applications for voluntary registration 2 Section 27(3)(b) of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 is repealed. Closure of the Register of Sasines to standard securities 3 The day prescribed for the purposes of section 48(2) of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 is 1st April 2016. Amendment of the Registers of Scotland (Fees) Order 2014 4 1 Schedule 1 to the Registers of Scotland (Fees) Order 2014 is amended as follows. 2 For paragraph 1(1) to (3) (fees for applications to register deeds, other than heritable securities, and voluntary registration) substitute— 1 Where an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is made, subject to sub-paragraphs (4) to (7), the fee is calculated on the— a amount of the consideration paid; or b value of the plot of land, whichever is the greater. 2 This sub-paragraph applies to an application for registration of— a a disposition, a notice of title, a lease or an assignation of lease; or b an unregistered plot of land by virtue of section 27(1) of the Act. 3 Where an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is made, subject to sub-paragraphs (8) to (11), the fee is at the rates shown in the Table of Fees in Part 3 of this Schedule— a for an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a)— i in column 2 of that Table; or ii where the application may be, and is, made using the AR TL system, in column 3 of that Table; or b for an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b), in column 4 of that Table. . 3 In paragraph 1(9) for “paragraph (8)” substitute “sub-paragraph (8)”. 4 After paragraph 1(9), insert— 10 Where the application is to register a disposition relating to a registered plot of land— a for the sole purpose of evacuating a survivorship destination; and b the name and designation of the proprietor in the proprietorship section remains the same, the fee is £60 for each title sheet affected. . 5 After paragraph 1(10) so inserted, insert— 11 Where an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b) is made which is— a entered in the application record on the same date as an application to register a standard security; and b the standard security relates to the whole extent of that plot of land, no fee is payable in respect of the application mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b). . 6 In paragraph 3 (related fees and services)— a in sub-paragraph (1), for “Where” substitute “Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), where”; and b after sub-paragraph (1), insert— 1A Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an application which is rejected or withdrawn for the sole reason that another application in respect of the same land or title number, to which paragraph (1) does apply, has been rejected or withdrawn. . 7 For the Table of Fees in Part 3, substitute— Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Consideration paid or value £ Fee £ ARTL Fee £ Voluntary registration Fee £ Not exceeding 50,000 60 50 45 100,000 120 90 90 150,000 240 180 180 200,000 360 270 270 300,000 480 360 360 500,000 600 450 450 700,000 720 540 540 1,000,000 840 660 630 2,000,000 1,000 800 750 3,000,000 3,000 2,500 2,250 5,000,000 5,000 4,500 3,750 Exceeding 5,000,000 7,500 7,000 5,625 8 In Part 7 (fees for access to registers and information made available)— a in the first 2 entries, in column 2, after “plain copy” insert “or copy of search sheet or minute”; and b before the first entry for the Crofting Register insert— Register of Sasines Copy of search sheet where request in writing provides search sheet number £16 plus VAT Register of Inhibitions Plain copy of document where request in writing provides minute number £16 plus VAT Register of Deeds and Probative Writs in the Books of Council and Session Extract of document where request in writing provides minute number £30 plus VAT Register of Deeds and Probative Writs in the Books of Council and Session Plain copy of document where request in writing provides minute number £16 plus VAT FERGUS EWING Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 16th June 2015