Explanatory note

This Order amends both the Registers of Scotland (Fees) Order 2014 (“the Fees Order”) and the Registers of Scotland (Information and Access) Order 2014 (“the Information Order”) to provide for:

• the fees payable in relation to registration, correction, providing access to and information from the Register of Assignations and the Register of Statutory Pledges, both created by the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023; and

• information to be made available by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland (“the Keeper”) in relation to the Register of Assignations and the Register of Statutory Pledges.

Article 2 amends the Fees Order by:

• extending the list in article 3 to provide for the fees payable in relation to registration in the Register of Assignations & registration and correction in the Register of Statutory Pledges;

• extending the table of fees in Part 7 of schedule 1 to provide for the fees payable for plain copies and extracts of information in either the Register of Assignations or the Register of Statutory Pledges and also to correct two minor typographical errors in S.S.I. 2021/139;

• amending schedule 1 by inserting two new Parts. Part 8 details the fees payable in relation to registration in the Register of Assignations. Part 9 details the fees payable in relation to registration and correction in the Register of Statutory Pledges.

Article 3 amends the Information Order to provide for the application and issue by the Keeper of plain copies of information in the Register of Assignations or the Register of Statutory Pledges.