Citation and commencement

1.-(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers) (Amendment) 2012 and comes into force on 22nd January 2012.

(2) A certified copy of this Act of Sederunt is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Amendment of fees

2.-(1) The Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers (No. 2) 2011(3) is amended in accordance with the following subparagraphs.

(2) For paragraph 2(2) substitute -

"(2) For General Regulation 3 substitute-

"3. Where the service or intimation of a document or inhibition is executed in a remote rural area the fees specified in the Table of Fees at Item 1(a)(i), 2(a)(i) and 2(b)(i) shall be surcharged by the levying of an additional fee of 30 per cent of the fee specified in the Table of Fees.".".

(3) After paragraph 2(3) insert-

"(3A) In General Regulation 9 for "2, 4A(b), 5(c), 6(b)(i) and (ii), 7(b), 8(b), 9(b), 10(b), 11(b)" substitute "3, 6(b), 7(c) and (d), 8(b), 9(b), 10(b), 11(b), 12(b)".".

(4) For paragraph 2(4) substitute -

"(4) In General Regulation 17, after the definition of "postal service" insert-

""remote rural area" means an area classified as such in the Scottish Government's Urban/Rural Classification 2009-2010.".".(4)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt amends Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers) (No. 2) 2011 as it contained some errors.