Fee proposals for registers introduced by the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act

Closed 16 Sep 2024

Opened 8 Jul 2024

Overview

The Scottish Parliament passed the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 on 4 May 2023, with it receiving Royal Assent on 13 June 2023. This consultation contains details of the proposed statutory fee structure for the operation of the two new registers proposed by the Act and of the basis on which these are proposed. Views are sought on all of these proposals.

Registers of Scotland is also committed to consulting its customers on any changes affecting the provisions of its services and also on any introduction of new, or changes to existing, fees.

Read the consultation paper.

The consultation paper contains full background information for this consultation. You may find it useful to read or refer to while responding.

Useful information about responding to this consultation

As you complete your response, each page will provide the option to 'Save and come back later' at the bottom. This means you can save your progress and return to the consultation at any time before it closes. If you don't use this feature and leave the consultation midway through, your response will be lost.

Once you have submitted your response, you can enter your email address to get a pdf copy of your answers sent to you.

On the 'About You' page at the end of this consultation, organisations will have the opportunity to tell us more about their work and/or how their response was informed.

After the consultation has closed there will be a few months delay before any responses are published. This is because we must check any responses to be published abide by our Terms of Use.

A analysis report will usually be published some months after the consultation has closed. This report will summarise the findings based on all responses submitted. It will be published on the Registers of Scotland website and you may be notified about it if you choose to share your email address with us. You can also join our consulation mailing list where we regularly list newly published analysis reports (as well as new consultations).

What happens next

Responses to this consultation will help shape the statutory fee structure. 

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