Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) 2013

Made: 10th December 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 12th December 2013

Coming into force: 27th January 2014

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

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• (1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) 2013 and comes into force on 27th January 2014.

• (2) A certified copy of this Act of Sederunt is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Amendment of fees

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For the Table of Fees in Schedule1 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (No. 2) 2002[^f00003] substitute the Table of Fees in the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt.

Savings

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Paragraph 2 does not affect the fees payable as respects any work carried out before 27th January 2014.

SCHEDULE — TABLE OF FEES

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Service or intimation of a document

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Inhibitions

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Interdicts (including non-harassment orders under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997)

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Attachments

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Attachment of motor vehicles, heavy plant or machinery

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Money attachments under the Act of 2007

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Auctions

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Ejections

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Taking possession of effects

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Apprehensions

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Taking possession of children

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Arresting vessels, aircraft and cargo

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Miscellaneous

Signed

BRIAN GILL — Lord President — I.P.D. — 10th December 2013

Explanatory note

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Act of Sederunt substitutes a new Table of Fees for the Table of Fees in Schedule1 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (No.2) 2002.

The fee levels in the new Table of Fees represent an increase of 2.15% on the existing fees. This increase takes effect from 27th January 2014.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1926 c.16.

[^f00002]: 1988 c.36. Section5 was amended by the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.32), section2(3); the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36), Schedule4, paragraph45; the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp3), section14(1); the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp6), section46(3) and the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp16), section 126(a).

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2002/566, amended by S.S.I. 2003/536, 2004/515, 2005/582, 2006/540, 2007/532, 2008/431, 2009/383, 2011/48, 2011/431 and 2012/340.