Regulation 5 Amendment of the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

In regulation 7 (remission of fees), for paragraph (ba)^f1 substitute—

“(ba)

these criteria are met—

(i)

remission is likely to promote public knowledge of the registers in respect of which fees are payable under these Regulations;

(ii)

the fee remitted is for—

(aa)

a general search made at the ScotlandsPeople Centre at General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY; or

(bb)

an Internet search; and

(iii)

the search is made—

(aa)

by or on behalf of an association whose objects include genealogy;

(bb)

by or on behalf of a school within the meaning of section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f2 or at a public library managed by a library authority (within the meaning of section 2 of the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887^f3); or

(cc)

using a discount voucher which has previously been issued by the Register General;”.