Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st April 2009.

Amendments to the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

2.–(1) The Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(6) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In Part II of Schedule 2 (fees payable to district registrars for issue of extracts of entries in statutory registers and parochial registers) in column 3 of entries 1 and 2, for "£8.50" substitute "£9.00".

(3) In Part I of Schedule 3 (fees payable under the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977)-

(a) in column 3-

(i) for "£26.00" substitute "£28.00"; and

(ii) for "£46.50" substitute "£50.00"; and

(b) omit column 4.

(4) In Part II of Schedule 3 (fees payable under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 - registration)-

(a) in column 3-

(i) for "£26.00" substitute "£28.00"; and

(ii) for "£46.50" substitute "£50.00"; and

(b) omit column 4.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend fees payable under the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 in connection with services provided under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965, the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006.

They increase the fees payable for extracts of entries in statutory and parochial registers (regulation 2(2)), submission of a marriage notice and a civil marriage ceremony (regulation 2(3)) and submission of a notice of a proposed civil partnership and registration of a civil partnership (regulation 2(4)). They omit column 4 of Parts I and II of Schedule 3 (fee formerly payable) because the extent of the current increase is shown in these Regulations.