{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-register-rules-etc-scotland-regulations-2014/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-register-rules-etc-scotland-regulations-2014/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/150",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Register Rules etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-register-rules-etc-scotland-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Procedure for application for an advance notice",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), an application for an advance notice relating to ... a registered plot or discharge of an advance notice must be sent to the Keeper electronically using a computer system for advance notices under the management and control of the Keeper, 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—\n(i) has no computer facilities with access to the internet; ...\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; or\n(c) the Keeper is otherwise satisfied that exceptional circumstances make it impractical to do so;\n(1A) In particular, paragraph (1)(c) is met—\n(a) if the applicant is a natural person who granted the deed to which the advance notice relates; 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 granter.\n(2) Only a person authorised by the Keeper may use that computer system.\n(3) Except in respect of advance notices relating to the whole of a registered plot, paragraph (1) does not apply unless the Keeper has notified a date in accordance with paragraph (4).\n(4) Such a notification by the Keeper must state the date on which it comes into effect, which date may not be earlier than 6 months after the date of its publication on the Keeper’s website.\n(5) Before making such a notification, the Keeper must consult the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (12.3.2018) by The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/72), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1) omitted (12.3.2018) by virtue of The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/72), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(1) omitted (12.3.2018) by virtue of The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/72), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1)(b)(ii) and word omitted (12.3.2018) by virtue of The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/72), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1)(c) and word inserted (12.3.2018) by The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/72), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1A) inserted (12.3.2018) by The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/72), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 3(3)-(5) substituted for reg. 3(3) (12.3.2018) by The Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/72), regs. 1(1), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 8.12.2014, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/150/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:34:54.879747+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."
}