Categorisation of Casework

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First Registrations

Category	Definition	Plans	Legal	Comments
1	Research area/ non RA Plans – Mapping based on underlying OS Map detail Simple plotting including but not restricted to - projection of an OS feature - centre line of road - line perpendicular or parallel to an OS feature Legal – Straightforward legal settle excluding Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (TCA) Real Burdens and other complex casework. Shared plots	SO1	RO2
2	Casework settled under instruction, including shared plots	SO1 (under instruction of RO2)	RO2 (under instruction of RO1)
3	Complex non RA casework Plans - complex plotting and scaling cases, multi floor level cases, complex water boundaries other complex cases identified by the SO1 and RO2, shared plots. Legal – TCA Real Burdens casework, Prescriptive Servitudes, First Attached applications, shared plots, numerous routes of title with different burdens affecting different areas (suggested in excess of 10 or so?) any other complex case identified by the RO2 and RO1	RO2	RO1 .
4	FR/FA outwith a RA – Very Complex Minerals Salmon fishings Foreshore Seabed Shopping centres Prescriptive claimants Unusually complex	RO1	SCW
5	FR/FA related to TP casework	As appropriate	As appropriate
6				Currently not in use
A1	Premap casework in a RA/non RA		RO2	1979 Act cases ONLY
C1	FR new development casework (dependant on OS map detail becoming available)			1979 Act cases ONLY

Transfers of Part

Category	Definition	Plans	Legal	Comments
A	Instructional non-DPA development TPs	SO1	SO1
D1	Instructional DPA development TPs	SO1	SO1
B	Non-development TPs	RO2 (SO1 Instructional)	RO1 (RO2 Instructional)
E	Non-development TPs - Embedded Title Sheets (ETS)	RO2 (SO1 Instructional)	RO1 (RO2 Instructional)
D3	Non-instructional DPA development TPs	RO2	RO1
B1	Instructional small developments	SO1	SO1
T1	Internal TP application to remove tenement steading from Parent Title	RO1 (if first removal with 10 or more flats) RO2 (if first removal with fewer than 10 flats)	SCW (if first removal with 10 or more flats) RO1 (if first removal with fewer than 10 flats)
T	Non instructional TPs of flats within a tenement steading	RO2	RO1
XD	First removal from DPA development with 10 or more TPs	RO1	SCW
X1	First removal from non-DPA development with 10 or more TPs	RO1	SCW
X2	First removal from small development	RO2	RO1
X3	Special products Minerals Fishing Rights/Salmon fishings Foreshore Seabed Shopping centres Industrial estates Extra complex Miscellaneous mapping based on full instructions/guidance Project work	RO1/ RO2	SCW

Dealings with Whole

Category	Definition	Plans	Legal	Comments
A	Standard DWs		SO1	See Standard Dealing for further clarification
A1	Two-day settle standard DWs		SO1	See Standard Dealing for further clarification
B	Complex DWs	As appropriate	RO2	See Complex Dealing for further clarification
B1	Two-day settle complex DWs (Possible Pilot)	As appropriate	RO2	See Complex Dealing for further clarification
C	Dealing over parent title – Dealing attached to dealing over parent title		RO1
D	Dealings travelling with TP/TAs but which relate to a different title number		As lead case
Y	Dealings travelling with FR/FA, VR/VA’s but which relate to a different title number		As lead case
Z	Dealing attached to a 2012 transfer of part
X3	Referrals to DWs RO1s/SCW		RO1/SCW or RO2 under instruction of RO1/SCW
X4	TCA real burdens Prescriptive servitudes Other complex casework settled by RO1s (including e.g. Variation of Leases with plans, Deed of Servitude including Real Burdens, Modification of s.75 Agreement and any other deeds with Plans annexed).	As appropriate	RO1
X5	Cases where there is prior arrangement with the agent regarding the 30 day service standard – multiple titles or unusually complex.		As appropriate

All 2012 DW applications to be attached to 2012 FR casework will be given the category of the FR application (category 1 to 5 only).