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Title and introductory text
Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1995
1995 c. 14
An Act to make prepayment of the appropriate statutory fees a condition of acceptance of writs for recording in the Register of Sasines and of applications for registration in the Land Register of Scotland.
[28th June 1995]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Propose a change1 Prepayment of recording and registration fees.
(1) No writ shall be accepted for recording in the Register of Sasines unless —
(a) such fee as is payable in that respect by virtue of section 110 of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 5) is paid, or
(b) arrangements satisfactory to the Keeper are made for payment of that fee.
(2) Accordingly, in section 6 of that Act (procedure where writs sent by post for recording in Register of Sasines) the words from “intimation” to “effect”, where secondly occurring, are repealed.
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Propose a change2 Short title, commencement and extent.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1995.
(2) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory instrument, appoint.
(3) This Act extends to Scotland only.
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