Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2021/Draft) were laid before the Parliament on 16 December 2021 and referred to the Economy and Fair Work Committee.

The Regulations make provision alongside the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 to allow applications to the property registers to be submitted electronically (as electronic copies of paper documents), by making digital submission the default method of submission for these Land Register and Register of Sasines applications, subject to exceptions. They also enable the registration of full electronic documents in the Register of Deeds and Probative Writs in the Books of Council and Session and make technical amendments to the Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014 in relation to annexations to and authentication of electronic documents.

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the regulations at its meeting on 18 January 2022 and made no recommendations.

Following the evidence session, Tom Arthur moved motion S6M-02599—

That the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends that the Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2022 be approved.

The motion was agreed to without division.

The evidence taken can be found in the Official Report for 26 January 2022.

The Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends to the Parliament that the Registers of Scotland (Digital Registration, etc.) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2021/Draft) be approved.