diff --git a/mdx/uk/beans.xml b/mdx/uk/beans.xml
index eb3fccd0..9593dd9c 100644
--- a/mdx/uk/beans.xml
+++ b/mdx/uk/beans.xml
@@ -124,30 +124,6 @@
     </bean>
     
     
-    <!--
-        uk_processScopes
-        
-        This stage normalises scope handling in two ways particular to the UK
-        federation:
-        
-        * we make all three potential scope lists equivalent (on the entity, on
-        the IDPSSODescriptor and on the AttributeAuthority)
-        
-        * we inject scopes "pushed" to entities from the members.xml file
-        
-        This transform can be run on individual EntityDescriptors or on an
-        aggregate EntitiesDescriptor.
-    -->
-    <bean id="uk_processScopes" parent="XSLTransformationStage"
-        p:XSLResource="classpath:uk/scopes.xsl">
-        <property name="transformParameters">
-            <map>
-                <entry key="members" value-ref="uk_members"/>
-            </map>
-        </property>
-    </bean>
-    
-    
     <!--
         uk_membersResource
         
@@ -304,7 +280,26 @@
             <list>
                 <ref bean="uk_fetchFragmentFiles"/>
                 <ref bean="uk_processFragment"/>
-                <ref bean="uk_processScopes"/>
+
+                <!--
+                    Make all three potential scope lists equivalent (on the entity, on
+                    the IDPSSODescriptor and on the AttributeAuthority).
+                -->
+                <bean id="scopes_copy" parent="XSLTransformationStage"
+                    p:XSLResource="classpath:uk/scopes_copy.xsl"/>
+
+                <!--
+                    Inject scopes "pushed" to entities from the members.xml file.
+                -->
+                <bean id="scopes_inject" parent="XSLTransformationStage"
+                    p:XSLResource="classpath:uk/scopes_inject.xsl">
+                    <property name="transformParameters">
+                        <map>
+                            <entry key="members" value-ref="uk_members"/>
+                        </map>
+                    </property>
+                </bean>
+
                 <ref bean="populateItemIds"/>
                 <ref bean="uk_populateIds"/>
                 <ref bean="uk_default_regauth"/>
diff --git a/mdx/uk/scopes.xsl b/mdx/uk/scopes_copy.xsl
similarity index 50%
rename from mdx/uk/scopes.xsl
rename to mdx/uk/scopes_copy.xsl
index ea29fed2..658a1a18 100644
--- a/mdx/uk/scopes.xsl
+++ b/mdx/uk/scopes_copy.xsl
@@ -1,63 +1,30 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-	scopes.xsl
+	scopes_copy.xsl
 	
-	XSL stylesheet that handles the UK federation's approach to Shibboleth
-	scope extensions.
+	Make all three potential scope lists equivalent (on the entity, on
+	the IDPSSODescriptor and on the AttributeAuthority).
 	
 -->
 <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
     xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
-    xmlns:members="http://ukfederation.org.uk/2007/01/members"
 	xmlns:shibmd="urn:mace:shibboleth:metadata:1.0"
 
-	xmlns:ukfxMembers="xalan://uk.org.ukfederation.members.Members"
-	extension-element-prefixes="ukfxMembers"
-
 	xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
-	exclude-result-prefixes="members">
+    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 
 	<!--Force UTF-8 encoding for the output.-->
 	<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="no" method="xml" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
 
-	<!--
-		Parameters.
-	-->
-	<xsl:param name="members"/>
-
-    <!--
-        Extend the scope list contained within an IdP's entity-level Extensions element
-        with any outsourced scopes provided by the member list. 
-    -->
-    <xsl:template match="md:EntityDescriptor[md:IDPSSODescriptor]/md:Extensions">
-        <xsl:copy>
-            <!-- copy everything from within the original element -->
-            <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
-            <!-- copy scopes from member outsource records -->
-            <xsl:variable name="entityID" select="ancestor::md:EntityDescriptor/@entityID"/>
-        	<xsl:for-each select="ukfxMembers:scopesForEntity($members, $entityID)/shibmd:Scope">
-        		<xsl:text>    </xsl:text>
-                <xsl:element name="shibmd:Scope">
-                    <xsl:attribute name="regexp">false</xsl:attribute>
-                    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
-                </xsl:element>
-                <xsl:text>&#10;    </xsl:text>
-            </xsl:for-each>
-        </xsl:copy>
-    </xsl:template>
-
     <!--
         If an IdP's SSO or AA roles are missing Extensions (and Scope extensions in
-        particular) then manufacture them as a combination of the EntityDescriptor's
-        overall scope extensions and any outsourced scopes provided by the member list.
+        particular) then copy down the EntityDescriptor's overall scope extensions.
     -->
     <xsl:template match="md:IDPSSODescriptor[not(md:Extensions)] |
                          md:AttributeAuthorityDescriptor[not(md:Extensions)]">
 		<xsl:copy>
-		    <xsl:variable name="entityID" select="ancestor::md:EntityDescriptor/@entityID"/>
 		    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
 			<xsl:text>&#10;        </xsl:text>
 			<xsl:element name="Extensions" namespace="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata">
@@ -66,15 +33,7 @@
 					<xsl:text>&#10;            </xsl:text>
 					<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
 				</xsl:for-each>
-			    <!-- copy scopes from member outsource records -->
-				<xsl:for-each select="ukfxMembers:scopesForEntity($members, $entityID)/shibmd:Scope">
-					<xsl:text>&#10;            </xsl:text>
-			    	<xsl:element name="shibmd:Scope">
-			    		<xsl:attribute name="regexp">false</xsl:attribute>
-			    		<xsl:value-of select="."/>
-			    	</xsl:element>
-			    </xsl:for-each>
-			    <xsl:text>&#10;        </xsl:text>
+				<xsl:text>&#10;        </xsl:text>
 			</xsl:element>
 			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
 		</xsl:copy>
@@ -84,13 +43,11 @@
 		If an IdP's SSO or AA roles already includes an Extensions element, this may
 		already contain extensions other than scopes.  We need to make sure that
 		if it does not also contain scopes, then any scopes declared at the entity
-		level are copied down, and any outsourced scopes provided by the member
-        list are imported.
+		level are copied down.
 	-->
 	<xsl:template match="md:IDPSSODescriptor/md:Extensions |
 						 md:AttributeAuthorityDescriptor/md:Extensions">
 		<xsl:copy>
-            <xsl:variable name="entityID" select="ancestor::md:EntityDescriptor/@entityID"/>
 			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
 			<xsl:if test="not(shibmd:Scope)">
 				<!-- copy scopes from EntityDescriptor extensions -->
@@ -100,15 +57,6 @@
 					<xsl:text>&#10;        </xsl:text>
 				</xsl:for-each>
 			</xsl:if>			
-			<!-- copy scopes from member outsource records -->
-			<xsl:for-each select="ukfxMembers:scopesForEntity($members, $entityID)/shibmd:Scope">
-				<xsl:text>    </xsl:text>
-				<xsl:element name="shibmd:Scope">
-					<xsl:attribute name="regexp">false</xsl:attribute>
-					<xsl:value-of select="."/>
-				</xsl:element>
-				<xsl:text>&#10;        </xsl:text>
-			</xsl:for-each>
 		</xsl:copy>
 	</xsl:template>
 
diff --git a/mdx/uk/scopes_inject.xsl b/mdx/uk/scopes_inject.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0f09c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdx/uk/scopes_inject.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+	
+    scopes_inject.xsl
+    
+    Inject scopes "pushed" to entities from the members.xml file.
+    
+-->
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
+	xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
+	xmlns:members="http://ukfederation.org.uk/2007/01/members"
+	xmlns:shibmd="urn:mace:shibboleth:metadata:1.0"
+	
+	xmlns:ukfxMembers="xalan://uk.org.ukfederation.members.Members"
+	extension-element-prefixes="ukfxMembers"
+	
+	xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+	exclude-result-prefixes="members">
+	
+	<!--Force UTF-8 encoding for the output.-->
+	<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="no" method="xml" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
+	
+	<!--
+        Parameters.
+    -->
+	<xsl:param name="members"/>
+	
+	<!--
+        Extend the scope list contained within an IdP's entity-level Extensions element
+        with any outsourced scopes provided by the member list. 
+    -->
+	<xsl:template match="md:EntityDescriptor[md:IDPSSODescriptor]/md:Extensions">
+		<xsl:copy>
+			<!-- copy everything from within the original element -->
+			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
+			<!-- copy scopes from member outsource records -->
+			<xsl:variable name="entityID" select="ancestor::md:EntityDescriptor/@entityID"/>
+			<xsl:for-each select="ukfxMembers:scopesForEntity($members, $entityID)/shibmd:Scope">
+				<xsl:text>    </xsl:text>
+				<xsl:element name="shibmd:Scope">
+					<xsl:attribute name="regexp">false</xsl:attribute>
+					<xsl:value-of select="."/>
+				</xsl:element>
+				<xsl:text>&#10;    </xsl:text>
+			</xsl:for-each>
+		</xsl:copy>
+	</xsl:template>
+	
+	<!--
+        If an IdP's SSO or AA roles includes an Extensions element, add in
+        and any outsourced scopes provided by the member list.
+    -->
+	<xsl:template match="md:IDPSSODescriptor/md:Extensions |
+		md:AttributeAuthorityDescriptor/md:Extensions">
+		<xsl:copy>
+			<!-- copy everything from within the original element -->
+			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
+			<!-- copy scopes from member outsource records -->
+			<xsl:variable name="entityID" select="ancestor::md:EntityDescriptor/@entityID"/>
+			<xsl:for-each select="ukfxMembers:scopesForEntity($members, $entityID)/shibmd:Scope">
+				<xsl:text>    </xsl:text>
+				<xsl:element name="shibmd:Scope">
+					<xsl:attribute name="regexp">false</xsl:attribute>
+					<xsl:value-of select="."/>
+				</xsl:element>
+				<xsl:text>&#10;        </xsl:text>
+			</xsl:for-each>
+		</xsl:copy>
+	</xsl:template>
+	
+	<!--
+        *********************************************
+        ***                                       ***
+        ***   D E F A U L T   T E M P L A T E S   ***
+        ***                                       ***
+        *********************************************
+    -->
+	
+	
+	<!--By default, copy text blocks, comments and attributes unchanged.-->
+	<xsl:template match="text()|comment()|@*">
+		<xsl:copy/>
+	</xsl:template>
+	
+	<!--By default, copy all elements from the input to the output, along with their attributes and contents.-->
+	<xsl:template match="*">
+		<xsl:copy>
+			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
+		</xsl:copy>
+	</xsl:template>
+	
+</xsl:stylesheet>