Projecting that forward shows that it will take over a decade for some 2017 applications to be completed by Registers of Scotland, without even considering the 2018-2020 cases. 1 The Keeper, in her evidence, appears to indicate that these delays do not really matter as registration back dates to the date of receipt. Whilst it is true that, if registration is completed, the date of original date of receipt of the application will be treated as the registration date, that ignores the critical possibility that any of these applications may be rejected and lose its place in the queue at any time before registration is completed.