The Scottish Register of Tartans Fees Order 2025
S.S.I. 2025/334 · Made 4 November 2025
TARTANS
Made 4th November 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 6th November 2025
Coming into force 19th January 2026
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1) and (4)(b) of the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 14(3) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Keeper of the Scottish Register of Tartansf2.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2008 asp 7 (“the Act”).
- f2
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The Keeper of the Records of Scotland when carrying out any function in relation to the Register is known as the Keeper of the Scottish Register of Tartans (see section 3(1) of the Act).
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Fees payable
- 3Revocation
- Signature
- Schedule FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF THE SCOTTISH REGISTER OF TARTANS
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Scottish Register of Tartans Fees Order 2025 and comes into force on 19 January 2026.
2Fees payable
The fee payable to the Keeper of the Scottish Register of Tartans under a provision of the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 specified in column 1 of the schedule in respect of the matter specified in relation to it in column 2 of the schedule is the fee specified in relation to it in column 3 of the schedule.
3Revocation
The Scottish Register of Tartans Fees Order 2009f1 is revoked.
Signature
ANGUS ROBERTSON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
4th November 2025
FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF THE SCOTTISH REGISTER OF TARTANS
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| (Provision of the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008) | (Service) | (Fee) |
| £ p | ||
| Sections 4(3)(a)(i) and 14(4)(b) | Inspection of any document or other physical thing, except where for personal use in which case no fee is payable. “Personal use” here means use other than for commercial purposes or profit. | 12.80 |
| Section 4(3)(a)(ii) | Making of copies of any document— | |
| (a) up to and including 5 copies, | 5.40 | |
| (b) thereafter for every multiple of 5 copies, | 5.40 | |
| (c) any additional copies over a multiple of 5. | 5.40 | |
| Section 4(3)(c)(i) | Provision of information in relation to the Register by the Keeper. | 85.00 |
| Section 4(3)(c)(ii) | Carrying out research in relation to the Register by the Keeper. | 85.00 per hour |
| Section 6(10) | Application to register a tartan. | 150.00 |
| Section 8(2)(c) | Request to reconsider refused application. | 85.00 |
| Section 9(5) | Provision of copy of certificate of registration by the Keeper. | 32.00 |
| Section 10(6) | Request to amend the Register. | 54.00 |
| Section 13(3) | Provision of amended certificate of registration by the Keeper. | 32.00 |
| Section 14(1)(b) | Provision of certificate of inclusion in the Register. | 32.00 |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order updates the fees payable for services provided by the Keeper of the Scottish Register of Tartans and revokes the Scottish Register of Tartans Fees Order 2009.
The fees payable in respect of services provided by the Keeper in relation to the Scottish Register of Tartans which attract a fee are set out in the schedule of the Order. The fee for the provision of a framed certificate, framed copy of certificate or framed amended certificate is no longer applicable because that service is no longer available.