{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registers-of-scotland-digital-registration-etc-regulations-2022/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registers-of-scotland-digital-registration-etc-regulations-2022/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2022/9780111052754",
  "legislation_title": "The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registers-of-scotland-digital-registration-etc-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Submission of digital copy traditional documents in the Register of Sasines",
  "text": "At the end of rule 4 of the Register of Sasines (Application Procedure) Rules 2004 (signing of application for recording), insert—\n“(3) An application must be sent in electronic form using a computer system under the Keeper’s management and control unless—\n(a) the computer system notifies the applicant who attempts to use it that it is unavailable for a period of 48 hours or longer;\n(b) the applicant has no computer facilities with access to the internet; or\n(c) the Keeper is otherwise satisfied that exceptional circumstances make it impractical to do so.\n(4) In particular, paragraph (3)(c) is met—\n(a) if the applicant is a natural person who granted the deed, or to whom the deed is granted; and\n(b) the application is not made by a person who, in connection with the grant, acts as a solicitor or other legal adviser to the person.\n(5) Where an application must be sent in electronic form, the deed must be—\n(a) a copy of a writ which is a traditional document submitted under section 6A of the Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1868, or\n(b) an electronic document.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2004/318 amended by S.S.I. 2006/568, S.S.I. 2014/190 and S.S.I. 2018/72."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 6A was inserted by S.S.I. 2018/72."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See regulation 6(2) of S.S.I. 2014/83."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2022/9780111052754/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:30:31.845577+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}