The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1988

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1988-09-20
State In force
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Made: 20th September 1988

Laid before Parliament: 4th October 1988

Coming into force: 1st November 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st November 1988.

2

The fees for the matters listed in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 [^f00002] (and repeated in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order) shall be increased for every matter except the last two on the list, by substituting in Schedule B for the fees payable before the coming into operation of this Order (and repeated in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order) the fees specified for these matters in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order.

3

The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1986 [^f00003] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
(Matter to which fee relates) (Fee formerlypayable) (Fee payable)
£ £
On every patent of arms with supporters 456.00 502.00
On every patent of arms without supporters 284.00 312.00
On every matriculation of arms with supporters, without a new patent 151.00 166.00
On every matriculation of arms without supporters, without a new patent 114.00 125.00
On every matriculation of arms without a new patent of arms, but with a patent of supporters 286.00 315.00
On every genealogy recorded 95.00 105.00
Additional for each member of the pedigree 3.00 3.25
Certificate regarding change of surname 34.00 37.00
Search in register of arms 3.00 3.25
Search in register of genealogies 6.00 7.00
General search in heraldic MSS 34.00 37.00
General search in genealogical MSS 34.00 37.00
On every extract from a register 6.00 7.00
On entering a caveat 20.00 22.00
On admission of a messenger-at-arms to practise in the district of Edinburgh 104.00 114.00
On admission of messenger-at-arms to practise out of the district of Edinburgh 90.00 99.00
Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms practising in the district of Edinburgh 16.50 18.00
Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms practising out of the district of Edinburgh 16.50 18.00
On renewal of a messenger’s bond of caution 34.00 37.00
On recording resignation or change of residence of a messenger 3.00 3.25
On search for a messenger’s cautioner 3.00 3.25
On every certified statement of name and designation of such cautioner, and date of bond 6.00 7.00
On each petition or paper lodged in a process against a messenger 6.00 7.00
On each interlocutor in a process against a messenger 6.00 7.00
On extracting each warrant, decree, or precept of suspension, first sheet 6.00 7.00
On ditto, each subsequent sheet 3.00 3.25
On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept 6.00 7.00
On examining executions of service and intimations of precepts of suspension, marking them on the record and giving out certificates 6.00 7.00
On lending process and taking receipt 3.00 3.25
On return of process and scoring receipt 3.00 3.25
On re-admission of a messenger-at-arms 20.00 22.00
On the appointment of a herald 10.00 10.00
On the appointment of a pursuivant 10.00 10.00

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 20th September 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the fees for the matters listed in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867, other than for the appointment of a herald or pursuivant. The fees were last increased in 1986. These fees are exclusive of stamp duty when stamp duty is exigible.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c. 14

[^f00002]: 1867 c. 17; Schedule B was last amended by S.I. 1986/977

[^f00003]: S.I. 1986/977

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