The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) (No. 2) Order 2008

Made: 24th April 2008

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 28th April 2008

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of, as read with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) (No. 2) Order 2008 and shall come into force immediately after the coming into force of the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 2008[^f00002].

• (2) In this Order “internet search” means a search in the indexes and digitised records of the Court of the Lord Lyon made available on the internet, made by any person by means of the internet with the permission of the Lord Lyon.

Variation of fees

2

Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867[^f00003] is amended in accordance with Article 3 of, and the Schedule to, this Order.

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• (1) The contents of the Schedule to this Order are inserted after Part 1 of Schedule B[^f00004] as Part 2 of Schedule B.

• (2) Schedule B (except Parts 1 and 2) is revoked.

SCHEDULE

PART 2 — Fees payable in respect of devolved functions

1

On every matriculation of arms with supporters

2

On every matriculation of arms without supporters

3

On lodging a petition in respect of paragraphs 1 and 2 (which sum is then deducted from the total fees due on completion)

4

On every genealogy recorded

5

Additional for each member of the pedigree

6

Certificate regarding change of surname

7

Search in register of arms

8

Internet search in the register of arms per entry downloaded

9

Search in register of genealogies

10

General search in heraldic MSS

11

General search in genealogical MSS

12

On every reprographic extract from a digital image of a register

13

On every other extract from a register

14

On entering a caveat

15

On admission of a messenger-at-arms

16

Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms

17

On recording resignation or change of residence of a messenger

18

On search for a messenger’s cautioner

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On every certified statement of name and designation of such cautioner, and date of bond

20

On extracting each warrant, decree, or precept of suspension – first sheet

21

On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept

22

On examining executions of service and intimations of precepts of suspension, marking them on the record and giving out certificates

23

On lending process and taking receipt

24

On return of process and scoring receipt

25

On re-admission of a messenger-at-arms

Signed

FERGUS EWING — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 24th April 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the fees payable in respect of devolved functions in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 by replacing them with the fees listed in the Schedule to this Order. The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 2008 varied the fees payable in respect of reserved functions in Schedule B by replacing them with the fees listed in the Schedule to that Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c. 14. The functions of the type=start time=1212053484874Secretary of Statetype=end time=1212053484874 to which the fees in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 relate, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2008/1166.

[^f00003]: 1867 c. 17; Schedule B was last amended by article 3 of, and the Schedule to, S.I. 1996/413.

[^f00004]: Part I was inserted by S.I. 2008/1166.