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What does Registers mean? In legal practice, “Registers” refers to the statutory public registers kept by environmental regulators that record prescribed information such as environmental permits and licences, consents, waste carrier registrations, enforcement notices, convictions, monitoring data and certain site-specific determinations, made available for public inspection. The term is descriptive rather than a single defined concept; duties to establish and maintain particular registers arise under specific legislation and regulatory regimes (for example, the environmental permitting regime in England and Wales, pollution prevention and control regimes in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and EPA/Waste Management legislation in Ireland). Key features include: mandatory content set by statute, public...

Registers of Scotland: Sasine and Land Registers, Practice under the 1979 and 2012 Acts, First Registration, Cadastral Mapping, Warranty, Rectification, Keeper-induced Registration, Advance Notices, Digital Registration and Expedite Requests

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Registers of Scotland (RoS)

Registers of Scotland (RoS) is the national authority charged with maintaining various Registers, chief among them the Register of Sasines (the Sasine Register) and the Land Register of Scotland (the Land Register), each concerning land interests and rights. The organisation is led by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland; for the Keeper’s remit, see Functions of the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia [17]. RoS looks after these records on behalf of the public.

Sasine Register

Created by the Registration Act 1617, the Sasine Register dates from 1617 and serves as a public ledger of deeds connected to land throughout Scotland. Its role was to safeguard rights in land by enabling those rights to be placed on public record. Administration is carried out regionally, with deeds concerning property rights entered in the relevant county register. Indexes for properties and for named individuals were introduced, permitting searches to trace particular recorded deeds. From 1876, sasine search sheets were brought in; these indicate the volume and page references for every deed affecting a specific building or parcel of land and provide a useful point of departure for historical investigations, enabling searches to be taken further...

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Millar & Bryce

Gary is Head of Product and Innovation at leading land and property search organisation Millar & Bryce. Gary is responsible for ensuring that the wide range of property related services comply with current legislation and practice and driving innovation in the conveyancing sector.He has been with Millar & Bryce for over 10 years. Previously having roles in Registers of Scotland and Ordnance Survey, he has a broad background of experience in the land and property sector. Gary led the Millar & Bryce changes when the 2012 Act was introduced and continues to look at improvements to support the registration process.Gary regularly speaks on range of plans and land registration matters at events across Scotland. He was also instrumental in creating the Millar Bryce publication “A Basic Guide to Conveyancing” which is distributed to students of the Diploma in Legal Practice courses across...

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