UK sets PSI price
The UK Ministry of Justice has published a response to the consultation on local government charges related to the land charges register that was held from 18 January 2008 to 18 April 2008 (almost 1.5 years ago!).
The announcement states:
“There were 858 responses to the consultation. In light of the responses, the government has concluded that the fee for a personal search of the local land charges register should be increased from £11, the level at which it was set in 2003, to £22. This increase balances the interests of local authorities, the private sector and consumers
The new fee will come into force on 1 January 2010.”
The report tilted:
Local authority property search services – charges for property search services - The fee for a personal search of the local land charges register.
Response to consultation CP(R) 13/09, 16 September 2009, 36 pages.
The report on page 7 states that 549 of the 858 submissions received (64%) came from The Association of Independent Personal Search Agents (IPSA).
The OPSI Conference titled: PSI in Action Transforming the Information Landscape scheduled to take place on the 20 October 2009 includes within the programme a session titled, PSI in Action – Making it work, a panel discussion that includes the Chair of the IPSA: Christian Lister, Operations Director, X-Press Legal Services.
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