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The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/274 · Made 12 February 1991

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ARMORIAL BEARINGS, ENSIGNS AND FLAGS

made 12th February 1991

Laid before Parliament 27th February 1991

Coming into force 1st April 1991

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 1968f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 14.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1991 and shall come into force on lst April 1991.

2

The fees payable in relation to the matters specified in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867f1 (and repeated in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order) shall be varied by substituting those specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order (the fees formerly payable being shown in column 2).

3

The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1990f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

12th February 1991

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Matter to which fee relates(Fee formerly payable)(Fee payable)
££
On every patent of arms with supporters547.00602.00
On every patent of arms without supporters340.00374.00
On every matriculation of arms with supporters, without a new patent186.00205.00
On every matriculation of arms without supporters, without a new patent140.00154.00
On every matriculation of arms without a new patent of arms, but with a patent of supporters347.00433.00
On every genealogy recorded115.00127.00
Additional for each member of the pedigree4.004.50
Certificate regarding change of surname41.0045.00
Search in register of arms4.004.50
Search in register of genealogies7.007.00
General search in heraldic MSS37.0040.00
General search in genealogical MSS37.0040.00
On every extract from a register8.009.00
On entering a caveat24.0026.00
On admission of a messenger-at-arms to practise in the district of Edinburgh125.00137.00
On admission of messenger-at-arms to practise out of the district of Edinburgh109.00120.00
Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms practising in the district of Edinburgh20.0022.00
Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms practising out of the district of Edinburgh20.0022.00
On renewal of a messenger’s bond of caution37.0037.00
On recording resignation or change of residence of a messenger4.004.50
On search for a messenger’s cautioner4.004.00
On every certified statement of name and designation of such cautioner, and date of bond7.007.00
On each petition or paper lodged in a process against a messenger7.007.00
On each interlocutor in a process against a messenger7.007.00
On extracting each warrant, decree, or precept of suspension, first sheet8.009.00
On ditto, each subsequent sheet4.004.50
On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept8.009.00
On examining executions of service and intimations of precepts of suspension, marking them on the record and giving out certificates8.009.00
On lending process and taking receipt4.004.50
On return of process and scoring receipt4.004.50
On re-admission of a messenger-at-arms24.0026.00
On the appointment of a herald10.0010.00
On the appointment of a pursuivant10.0010.00

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases most of the fees for the matters listed in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867. The fees were last increased in 1990. These fees are exclusive of stamp duty when stamp duty is exigible.