Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-At-Arms) 2002

Made: 21st November 2002

Coming into force: 1st January 2003

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 6 of the Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926[^f00001] section 5 of the Court of Session Act 1988[^f00002] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Lord Lyon King of Arms do hereby enact and declare:–

Citation and commencement

1

• (1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-At-Arms) 2002 and shall come into force on 1st January 2003.

• (2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Amendment of fees

2

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the Table of Fees in the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt shall be substituted for the Table in Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-At-Arms) 1994[^f00003] and shall apply to work carried out by messengers-at arms on or after 1st January 2003.

• (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not affect the fees payable as respects any work so carried out before 1st January 2003.

SCHEDULE — TABLE OF FEES

1

Service or intimation of a document

• (a) Service

2

Inhibitions

• (a) Inhibition only

3

Interdicts

• (a) Interdict only

4

Poindings

5

Poindings of motor vehicles, heavy plant or machinery

• (a) Arranging and executing poinding where appraised value is–

6

Sequestrations for rent, poinding of the ground

7

Sales

8

Ejections

9

Taking possession of effects

10

Apprehensions

11

Taking possession of children

12

Arresting vessels, aircraft and cargo

13

Miscellaneous

Signed

W. Douglas Cullen — Lord President, I.P.D. — 21st November 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt amends the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-At-Arms) 1994 (S.I. 1994/391) by increasing the fees payable to Messengers-At-Arms by about 2.6%.

The last increase was in the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-At-Arms) 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/440).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1926 c. 16.

[^f00002]: 1988 c. 36; section 5 was amended by section 2(3) of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32) and by paragraph 45 of Schedule 4 to the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1994/391, as amended by S.I. 1994/3268, S.I. 1995/3094, S.I. 1996/2855, S.I. 1997/2825, S.I. 1998/2668, S.S.I. 1999/151, S.S.I. 2000/421 and S.S.I. 2001/440.