Scottish Statutory Instruments
Court Of Session
Made
17th January 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
19th January 2012
Coming into force
22nd January 2012
The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 6 of the Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926(1), section 5 of the Court of Session Act 1988(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, do hereby enact and declare:
1.-(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (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.
2.-(1) The Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms (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) For paragraph 2(4) substitute -
"(4) In General Regulation 15, 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)
A.C. HAMILTON
Lord President
I.P.D.
Edinburgh
17th January 2012
(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
This Act of Sederunt amends Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (No. 2) 2011 as it contained some errors.
1988 c.36. Section 5 was last amended by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), section 46(3).
The Scottish Government Urban/Rural Classification 2009/2010 was published by the Office of the Chief Statistician, August 2010.