Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Assignation Rules Section 39 – RoA Rules
184.This section sets out that the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, make rules (RoA Rules) providing for the operation of the RoA. They must consult the Keeper before doing so.
185.The power to make RoA Rules includes the power to authorise the redaction of information or signatures from an entry in the RoA (paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (2)), as well as the power in subsection (2)(f) to make certain information unavailable to searchers (which might include an individual’s date of birth). Subsection (1)(c) would also permit the rules to specify the specificity with which the search mechanism for the register is to operate – for example, whether it returns close results or only exact matches. If a correction application route is introduced under section 32, the rules could also make provision about the procedure in relation to such applications.