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A New Register For
OPENGEO A new Register for How do you manage centuries-old land registers and land registration process. Looks-wise, they’ve aged about as well as Union Jack mini skirts, SCOTLANDbut these Britpop-era computers perform drive innovation? Alastair Reid takes GeoConnexion on a simple tasks brilliantly such as producing documents-to-data journey north of the border paper maps. Paper maps bound to the paper land certificates that are still mainstays With one eye on the telly, you thumb I work for Registers of Scotland (RoS), of the buying and selling of property, but through your phone and select the banking custodians of Scotland’s land and property we live in an age when all of us demand app that tells you whether your account is in ownership records. That includes the more than paper documents at the end of the red or in the black: TV, the telephone and oldest national public land register in the a process. For property conveyancing, it is the bank overdraft all owe their existence world. The General Register of Sasines not enough simply to consider the needs to Scottish innovators. Perhaps there is began in 1617 when the monarch we call of the house owner or the bank in terms of something in our DNA that compels Scots James VI (James Itothe English) was who might want access to this information. to look at the world and think: ‘how can I on the throne. The sasine register was There are so many potential uses for it make that better?’ Our desire to challenge such an effective medium for logging and we are determined to make that the status quo has seen us revolutionise ownership deeds it still runs to this day. -
Major Players
PUBLIC BODIES CLIMATE CHANGE DUTIES – MAJOR PLAYER ORGANISATIONS Aberdeen City Council Aberdeen City IJB Aberdeenshire Council Aberdeenshire IJB Abertay University Accountant in Bankruptcy Angus Council Angus IJB Argyll and Bute Council Argyll and Bute IJB Audit Scotland Ayrshire College Borders College City of Edinburgh Council City of Glasgow College Clackmannanshire and Stirling IJB Clackmannanshire Council Comhairlie nan Eilean Siar Creative Scotland Disclosure Scotland Dumfries and Galloway College Dumfries and Galloway Council Dumfries and Galloway IJB Dundee and Angus College Dundee City Council Dundee City IJB East Ayrshire Council East Ayrshire IJB East Dunbartonshire Council East Dunbartonshire IJB East Lothian Council Sustainable Scotland Network Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, High School Yards, Edinburgh, EH1 1LZ 0131 650 5326 ú [email protected] ú www.sustainablescotlandnetwork.org East Lothian IJB East Renfrewshire Council East Renfrewshire IJB Edinburgh College City of Edinburgh IJB Edinburgh Napier University Education Scotland Falkirk Council Falkirk IJB Fife College Fife Council Fife IJB Food Standards Scotland Forth Valley College Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow City Council Glasgow City IJB Glasgow Clyde College Glasgow Kelvin College Glasgow School of Art Heriot-Watt University The Highland Council Highlands and Islands Enterprise Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) Historic Environment Scotland Inverclyde Council Inverclyde IJB Inverness College UHI Lews Castle College -
Report on the Estate
The Scottish Civil Estate: Efficiency and Sustainability 2010/11 A baseline report on the performance and environmental sustainability of the Scottish civil estate Laid before the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers October 2011 SG/2011/180 1 INTRODUCTION Overview This is the first annual report on the efficiency and sustainability of the Scottish civil estate (hereafter referred to as the “civil estate”) and has been produced in accordance with the provisions of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Appendix III). Specifically Scottish Ministers are required to lay before the Scottish Parliament a report containing an assessment of the progress made in the year towards improving the efficiency and the contribution to sustainability of buildings that are part of the civil estate in Scotland. A further obligation is to explain the purchase or leasing by Scottish Ministers of any building within the financial year that does not fall within the top quartile of energy performance. As this report is the first of its kind, it provides the baseline performance, as of 31 March 2011, against which future reports will be compared. Therefore, although comparisons cannot be made with previous years to demonstrate progress, this report does include a number of case studies which illustrate how the sustainability and efficiency of the Scottish civil estate is being improved. The Scottish Civil Estate The civil estate comprises many of the properties that make up the estates of the core Scottish Government and its eleven executive agencies, which during the period of this report were: Accountant in Bankruptcy Disclosure Scotland HM Inspectorate of Education Historic Scotland National Archives of Scotland Scottish Housing Regulator Scottish Prison Service Scottish Public Pensions Agency Social Work Inspection Agency Student Awards Agency for Scotland Transport Scotland Buildings that fall within the civil estate are listed at Appendix I. -
The Registers of Scotland (Fees) Order 2014
Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment 1. Title of proposal 1. Registers of Scotland Fee Review 2014 Consultation. 2. Purpose and intended effect • Background Registers of Scotland (RoS) is a non-Ministerial Government Department within the Scottish Administration and is headed by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, who is currently responsible for compiling and maintaining 17 public registers relating to property and other legal documents including the General Register of Sasines (established in 1617) and the Land Register of Scotland (established by the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979). RoS’ work is demand led, fluctuating in response to activity in the property market. We handle around 350,000 registration transactions each year and make information from the registers publicly available. Our work is self-financing, being funded by the fees that we charge for recording, registration and for providing information from the registers. The Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 31 May 2012 and received Royal Assent on 10 July 2012. The primary purpose of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (LR Act 2012) was to reform and restate the law of the registration of rights to land in the Land Register. The Land Register is under the management and control of the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland (the Keeper) and the Keeper is responsible for the implementation of the LR Act 2012. The law of land registration in Scotland is currently governed by the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979. The LR Act 2012 repeals much of the 1979 Act and the Land Registration (Scotland) Rules 2006 (the 2006 Rules) made under the powers contained under that act. -
Written Answers
Monday 20 August 2012 SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Enterprise and Environment Drew Smith (Glasgow) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-02170 by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2011, what (a) meetings, (b) conferences and (c) public events the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy has attended since that date regarding the development or implementation of its cities strategy. Holding answer issued: 16 August 2012 (S4W-08795) Nicola Sturgeon: Since 5 September 2011, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy has attended: (a) the following meetings [with external participants]: 20 September Leader of Stirling Council (Councillor Graham Houston) 27 October Leader of Dundee City Council (Councillor Ken Guild) 23 November COSLA spokesperson for Regeneration and Sustainable Development (Councillor Alison Hay) 9 February Ross Martin, Centre for Scottish Public Policy 21 March Scottish Cities Alliance Leadership Group 13 June Chairman of VisitScotland (Dr Mike Cantlay) and (b) the following conferences: 28 September Supporting Scotland’s Cities: Empowering People and Creating Opportunities; Glasgow 28 September Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference; Edinburgh 24 November Cities and the Economy, a Fraser of Allander/Herald Group Seminar; Glasgow 16 December COSLA Convention; Edinburgh These engagements have had a specific focus on cities. While there have been no events targeted exclusively at a public audience, a number of the conferences have been open to the public. In addition to these engagements, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy led the debate on the Agenda for Cities on 19 January 2012. Governance and Communities Kezia Dugdale (Lothian) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) modern apprenticeships and (b) work experience or student places (i) it and (ii) each of its agencies has offered in each of the last three years. -
Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service
Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 Assessment Report The Keeper of the Records of Scotland 5th June 2017 Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Additional Support Needs Tribunals For Scotland Court of Session Criminal Courts Rules Council High Court of Justiciary Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee – Glasgow and Strathkelvin Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee – Grampian, Highlands and Islands Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee – Lothian and Borders Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee – North Strathclyde Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee – South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee – Tayside, Central and Fife Justice of the Peace Courts Lands Tribunal for Scotland Panel appointed under regulation 90C of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (the Council Tax Reduction Review Panel) Private Rented Housing Panel Scottish Charity Appeals Panel Scottish Civil Justice Council Scottish Land Court Scottish Sentencing Council Sheriff Courts Assessment Report Contents 1. Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 ..............................................................................................................................................3 2. Executive Summary .........................................................................................................................................................................4 3. Authority Background .......................................................................................................................................................................4 -
WPLA2021-Inf.3.Pdf
ECE/HBP/WP.7/2021/Inf.3 Economic Commission for Europe Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management Working Party on Land Administration Twelfth session Valletta, Malta, 31 May and 1 June 2021 Item 5 (c) of the provisional agenda Review of the programmes of work for 2018-2019 and 2020-2021: Studies on selected topics in land management and land administration Study on Fraud in Land Administration Systems Note by the Bureau of the Working Party Summary This information note presents the results of a study conducted by the Bureau of the Working Party on Land Administration after its eleventh session in February 2019. This is a follow-up study to the 2011 Study on the Challenges of Fraud to Land Administration Institutions1 on fraud in land administration systems. The 2019 study is based on a questionnaire to analyse the current state of play and best practices in addressing fraud in land administration systems in the ECE region. This study was expected to be finalized in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Working Party was requested, in 2021, to provide additional best practice examples to supplement the study, when available, and those received have been included. The Working Party is invited to take note of this study and to request its Bureau to finalize it. When finalized, the study will be presented at the eighty- second session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management in October 2021. 1 https://www.unece.org/index.php?id=24802 ECE/HBP/WP.7/Inf.3 I. -
Report on Diligence
SCOTTISH LAW COMMISSION (Scot Law Com No 183) abcdefgh Report on Diligence Laid before the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers under section 3(2) of the Law Commissions Act 1965 May 2001 SE/2001/107 EDINBURGH: The Stationery Office £20.70 0 10 888031 1 ii The Scottish Law Commission was set up by section 2 of the Law Commissions Act 19651 for the purpose of promoting the reform of the law of Scotland. The Commissioners are: The Honourable Lord Gill, Chairman Patrick S Hodge, QC Professor Gerard Maher Professor Kenneth G C Reid Professor Joseph M Thomson The Secretary of the Commission is Miss Jane L McLeod. Its offices are at 140 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PR The text of this Report is available on the Internet at: http:/ /www.scotlawcom.gov.uk 1 Amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820). iii iv SCOTTISH LAW COMMISSION Item No 7 of our Sixth Programme of Law Reform Diligence To: Jim Wallace Esq QC MSP, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice. We have the honour to submit to the Scottish Ministers our Report on Diligence. (Signed) BRIAN GILL, Chairman PATRICK S HODGE GERARD MAHER KENNETH G C REID JOSEPH M THOMSON JANE L MCLEOD, Secretary 23 April 2001 v vi Contents Paragraph Page PART 1 - INTRODUCTION 1 Outline of our proposals 1.3 1 Summary warrants 1.10 4 Legislative competence 1.11 5 European Convention on Human Rights 1.12 5 Acknowledgements 1.16 6 PART 2 - ABOLITION OF ADJUDICATION FOR 7 DEBT Outline of existing procedure 2.2 7 Defects of the diligence 2.3 7 -
(John King) Mapping and the Scottish Land Register
Mapping and the Scottish Land Register John King Registration Director Registers of Scotland ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights Registers of Scotland Title • Maintain and administer 16 (soon to be 17) public registers • 2 (soon to be 3) map-based registers – Land Register – Sites of Specific Scientific Interest – Crofting Register ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights Land Register of Scotland • Operational since 1981 • 56% of Scottish property titles registered • 21% of Scottish land mass registered ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights Scottish Land Register • Register of title to land • Map-based • Titles mapped onto Ordnance Survey map • Map to legal title not to physical boundaries • Title boundaries are guaranteed • Guarantee is subject to limitations of scale ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights Title Plans ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights Title Plan & Index Map ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights Pressure for change - criticism of 1979 Act •“Nobody could accuse the Act of being well drafted ”- Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle •“obscure and difficult to understand ”- Lord Keith of Kinkel • “the Act has all the intellectual sharpness of mashed potato” – Professor George Gretton ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights The Scottish Law Commission project • Review of Land Registration included in 6th Programme of Law Reform at Keeper’s request • Keeper’s submission - March 2002 • Three SLC discussion papers – 2004/2005 • SLC Report and draft Bill published February 2010 • Land Registration etc (Scotland) Bill – Royal Assent May/June 2012 ros.gov.uk Recording and safeguarding your rights Purpose of the Bill 1. -
Selection Policy for the National Records of Scotland Web Continuity Service
Selection Policy for the National Records of Scotland Web Continuity Service Purpose 1. This policy has been approved by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland. It supports that part of the National Records of Scotland’s mission statement which says that, “We collect, preserve and produce information about Scotland’s people and history and make it available to inform present and future generations.” The policy also contributes to the vision outlined in our corporate strategy, “We will be a trusted and innovative organisation, with a focus on continuously improving our customer services, and especially our digital services.” 2. This policy provides background to the NRS Web Continuity Service (the Service); what it is and does; how websites are selected for archiving; and the wider professional environment in which this Service resides. The policy is primarily intended as an articulation of the Service’s collecting scope. Context 3. NRS receives and accessions archival records from stakeholder bodies under the provisions of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 (PRSA 1937); the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (PRSA 2011); the Inquiries (Scotland) Rules 2007; by administrative application of the Public Records Act, 1958 s.3(8) (PRA 1958); and, in the case of private records, under the National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 (s.18 (2)). Bodies that transfer records to NRS under these provisions include the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Courts, Public Inquiries, a selection of private owners, and public authorities who are named under the Schedule of the PRSA 2011 and whose main archive is NRS. In this context, ‘record’ means anything in which information is recorded in any form (Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011, s.13(1)), including websites. -
Towards Land Ownership Transparency in Scotland
Towards Land Ownership Transparency in Scotland March 2018 Poppea Daniel I. INTRODUCTION 3 Traffic-light coding 3 II. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 4 Scotland overview 4 Legislative and justice framework 5 Freedom of Information 5 Land tenure 5 Land reform 6 Beneficial ownership, or who controls decisions about land? 7 III. APPLYING THE FRAMEWORK: EXPLORING TRANSPARENCY IN LAND OWNERSHIP 9 A Land Registry structure and information 9 B Access to information on land ownership and control 15 C Legal entity registry and information collection 21 D Access to information about legal entities 26 E Responsibilities of land-owning entities 28 Conclusions: the state of transparency in Scotland 32 Annex A: Framework 34 Annex B: Glossary of terms 35 Annex C: Interviewees 36 2 I. Introduction This research provides an assessment of the state of transparency in land ownership in Scotland. The Scotland report is part of a larger study which tested a country framework for assessing transparency in the ownership of land, using an interview-driven approach in Scotland and a literature-based approach in Sierra Leone1. The framework primarily sought to understand policy around beneficial land ownership, but in doing so required a more fundamental examination of the broader state of transparency in land ownership. The report first gives an overview of Scotland’s land tenure system and policy context. The following five sections then apply the framework to examine: • the information collected about land ownership and control, and the way in which it is stored and updated; • arrangements for access to information collected about land ownership and control; • the information collected about legal entities which may own land; • arrangements for access to information about those legal entities; • the responsibilities imposed on those who own and control land to consider the wider impacts of their activities. -
Scotland) Act 2007
Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 2007 asp 3 CONTENTS PART 1 BANKRUPTCY Duration of bankruptcy Section 1 Discharge of debtor Bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings 2 Bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings Effect of bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings 3 Disqualification from being appointed as receiver 4 Disqualification for nomination, election and holding office as member of local authority 5 Orders relating to disqualification The trustee in the sequestration 6 Amalgamation of offices of interim trustee and permanent trustee 7 Repeal of trustee's residence requirement 8 Duties of trustee 9 Grounds for resignation or removal of trustee 10 Termination of interim trustee's functions 11 Statutory meeting and election of trustee 12 Replacement of trustee acting in more than one sequestration 13 Requirement to hold money in interest bearing account Debtor applications 14 Debtor applications 15 Debtor applications by low income, low asset debtors Jurisdiction 16 Sequestration proceedings to be competent only before sheriff Vesting of estate and dealings of debtor 17 Vesting of estate and dealings of debtor Income received by debtor after sequestration 18 Income received by debtor after sequestration Debtor's home and other heritable property 19 Debtor's home and other heritable property Protected trust deeds 20 Modification of provisions relating to protected trust deeds Modification of composition procedure 21 Modification of composition procedure Status and powers of Accountant in Bankruptcy