This document establishes the official regulatory framework for the fees chargeable by Messengers-at-Arms in Scotland as of 1990. The text is issued under the authority of the Scottish legal system to provide a standardized schedule of costs for the execution of diligence and other official duties. It serves as a primary regulatory instrument to ensure transparency and consistency in legal service billing within the jurisdiction.

Legal professionals and court administrators utilize this text as a historical reference for fee structures during the specified period. Experts note that while the document is highly technical and narrow in scope, it remains a foundational record for understanding the administrative costs of Scottish civil procedure in the late twentieth century.