A

AL: Annual Leave.
ABN: Aberdeen
ANG: Angus
AOB: Any other Business. Often used in meetings.
ARTL: Automated Registration of Title to Land. The Agency is developing a system of on-line Registration.

L

LAN: Lanark
LC: Land Certificate
LDA: Learning and Development Agreement. Part of the Performance and Development System (PDS). This identifies your training and development needs.
LRC: Learning Resource Centre. Now renamed ROS Open Learning Zone
LRS: Land Register System. The operating system for creating the textual aspect of the Title Sheet Record.

B

BNF: Banff
BER: Berwick
BEU: Business Excellence Unit
BFA: Bias for Action. A production based initiative for developing best practice.
BPM: Business Planning and Monitoring. A section within the Finance and Planning Directorate, which is responsible for monitoring business performance.
BPR: Business Process Re-engineering.
BUF: Plans Back Up File
BUT: Bute

M

MB: Management Board
MB: Megabyte. A Megabyte contains 1000 KB. Electronic files sizes are measured in MB.
MBH: Meadowbank House
MBM: Map Base Maintenance. This section updates the Ordnance Map as required.
MID: Midlothian
MIS: Management Information System
MOR: Moray
MU: Map Update

C

CAJR: Chancery and Judicial Registers. Includes the ROI.
CPB: Computerised Presentment Book. Receipt of all Sasines Register Deeds
CDI: Common Deeds Index
CDIS: Common Deeds Index Sheets
CLK: Clackmannan
CPO: Compulsory Purchase Order
CSC: Customer Service Centre. Dedicated Centres, where members of the public and solicitors can inspect the Land and Sasine Registers, Register of Inhibitions etc. The Agency has 2 Customer Service Centres: EHO in Edinburgh and GSQ in Glasgow.
CSR: Computerised Sasine Register. An on-line method of recording deeds in the Sasine Register.
CSS: Computerised Search Sheet. On-line details of information in the Sasine Register.
CSSC: Civil Service Sports Council. A sports and leisure organisation, which civil servants can join.
CTH: Caithness
CX: Correction Case

N

NAP: New Area Preparation. This section prepares research files prior to any county transferring to the Land Register.
N&I: Notes and Information
NRN: Nairn

D

DD: Dominum Directum
DIR: Deed Inducing Registration
DL: Debit leave. Or taking a day's leave "on the clock"
DMB: Dumbarton
DMF: Dumfries
DMS: Digital Mapping System. An on-line system for mapping properties in the Land Register.
DOG: Development on the ground
DP: Dominum Plenum
DPTC: Disabled Persons Tax Credit. For more information, please see Personnel Section.
DU: Dominum Utile
DW: Dealing with Whole. Once a subjects are recorded in the Land Register, any subsequent transactions affecting the whole subjects are known as a DW.

O

OT: Overtime
ORK: Orkney and Zetland
OS: Ordnance Survey
OSAPR: Ordnance Survey Address Point

E

EAP: Employee Assistance Programme. All Agency staff can use this confidential facility, provided by ICAS.
EAS: Electronic Archiving System. Part of the RegIS initiative.
EFQM: European Foundation for Quality Management.Used mainly as shorthand for the EFQM Excellence Model, which the Agency uses for purposes of Self Assessment both organisationally and internally.
EHO: Erskine House. The Agency's Edinburgh Customer Service Centre, situated in Queen Street.
EKDC: East Kilbride District Council
ELN: East Lothian
EPA: Estate Plan Approval
EIS Executive Information System. The replacement for the old MIS system. EIS User Guide
ESS: Electronic Supply Systems. Part of the RegIS initiative. Investigating introducing an electronic workflow system.

P

PBL: Peebles
PCS: Public and Commercial Services. The Trade Union for staff in the Registers of Scotland.
PCSPS: Principal Civil Service Scheme: pension arrangements for Civil Servants.
PDS: Performance and Development System. The Agency's system for monitoring performance and identifying training needs.
PDF: Portable Document Format. An electronic file format, which allows documents to be viewed on the Intranet.
PI: Provisional Ident (manual PI)
PR: Prior Registration
PT: Parent Title
PTG: Plans Training Group
PTH: Perth
PTV: Prince's Trust Volunteers. A personal development programme which enables 16–25 year olds to develop their confidence, motivation and skills through teamwork in the community. There are also opportunities for PTV Team Leaders.
PU: Plans Update
PWG: Plans Working Group

F

Q

QA: Quality Assure
QR: Quality Review

G

GIF: Graphical Interchange Format. Image format for use on the intranet
GLA: Glasgow.
GIS: Global Positioning System - A system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, analysing and displaying data which are spatially referenced to the Earth.
GSQ: The Glasgow Customer Service Centre, situated in George Square.
GVD: General Vesting Declaration

R

RA: Research Area. An area of ground where the burdens affect several properties, e.g. a tenement or a housing estate.
REN: Renfrew
R01/2: Registration Officer 1/2
ROI: Register of Inhibitions. Gives notice to the public that the person inhibited is unable to grant a good title.
RoS: Registers of Scotland
ROLZ: ROS Open Learning Zone
RoT: Registration of Title.
ROS: Ross and Cromarty
ROT: Registration of Title
ROX: Roxburgh

H

HCOs: Harassment Contact Officers.
HR: Human Resources. One of the Directorates within the Agency, HR encompasses Personnel, Training and Development and Staff Relations.
HTML: Hyper Text Mark-up Language. The programming language of the Internet.

S

ScotLIS: A one-stop-shop with easy and affordable access to a wide range of computer-based information about land and property from both private and public sectors.
SL: Sick Leave
SMH: St Margaret's House
SQR: System Query Report. Shows queries raised about the LRS.
SS: Search Sheet
SofS: Subjects of Search
SEL: Selkirk
SITT:Subjects in This Title
SLG Senior Legal Group (see Legal Services)
SO: Standover
S01/2: Support Officer 1/2
SOAP: Standover Awaiting Parent Title
SPL: Supplementary Plan based on the Ordnance Map
SRO: Scottish Record Office
SSI: Search Sheet Imaging
SSI: Search Sheet Index
STL: Senior Team Leader
STG: Stirling
STH: Sutherland
SVQ: Scottish Vocational Qualification
SVS: St Vincent Street

I

ICAS: Independent Counselling and Advisory Services. The provider of the Agency's EAP. ICAS offer a confidential 24 hour life management service which can help you deal with both everyday situations and more serious problems. For more information, telephone 0800 072 7072.
IE: Internet Explorer. A browser, which allows users to view the Intranet
IiP: Investors in People. The aim of IiP is to help organisations significantly improve their performance through the effective training and development of all their people to meet business objectives. The Agency was awarded IiP status in 2000.
INV: Inverness
IR: Industrial Relations
IT: Information Technology. IT Services is the Directorate which develops and maintains the Agency's computer services.

T

TA: Transfer Attached - a Dealing with only a part of a registered interest which creates a new interest in land which is being added to an existing title.
T&D: Training and Development.
T&S: Travel and Subsistence
TL: Team Leader
TLO: Training Liaison Officer.
TP: Transfer of Part. When part of registered subjects are sold.
TPO: Tree Preservation Order

J

JEGS: A computer based, analytical, job evaluation methodology which provides a systematic means of evaluating roles across the Civil Service.
JPEG: Image format for use on the intranet.

U, V, W

UID: Unique Identifier
WIG: Wigtown
WLN: West Lothian
WFTC: Working Families Tax Credit. See Personnel for more information

K

KB: Kilobyte. A kilobyte contains 1000 bytes. Electronic files sizes are measured in KB.
KPI: Key Performance indicator
KNC: Kincardine
KNR: Kinross
KRK: Kirkcudbright
KM: Knowledge Management.

X, Y, Z