Abbreviations used in Registers of Scotland

Abbreviation	Short For	Additional Information
1979 or 1979 Act	Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979	The act which established the land register. Superseded by the 2012 Act.
2012 or 2012 Act	Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012	The act which currently governs the land register
AN	Advance Notice	Protects the subjects in the Advance Notice for 35 days
ART	Accelerated Registration Team
BAU	Business as usual
CMS	Case Management System	Also stands for Content Management System
COF	Capture Once File, or Capture Once First	Index type created at pre-registration stage which creates a draft plan for re-use
DMS	Digital Mapping System	Legacy inhouse mapping tool. Stores spatial data for the land register.
DoC	Deed of Conditions
EMT	Executive Management Team
FR	First Registration	The first time a property has been added to the land register
IFO	In favour of
KIR	Keeper Induced Registration	Internal process which moves a property from the sasine register to the land register. The property owner is not directly involved.
LR	Land Register
LRS	Land Register System	The system used to record and maintain textual data for the land register
PAL	Performance and Learning	Learning and Development platform
PI or PI Share	Pro indiviso share	Ownership of land or property which is shared by more than one party
RA	Research Area	Index type created by RoS that shows an area affected by common burdens deeds
RIC	Right in common	A right to land jointly owned by more than one party
RMT	Registration Management Team
SITT	Subjects in this title
TPO	Tree Preservation Order
TPs	Transfers of Part	Application to transfer part of a registered title - e.g. a single house within a large housing development.
VR	Voluntary Registration	Voluntary application for a First Registration of an area of land