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(1)Subject to subsection (3)(a) below, a creditor shall be entitled to the expenses incurred—
(a)in obtaining warrant for interim attachment; and
(b)where an interim attachment is executed in pursuance of the warrant, in so executing that attachment.
(2)Subject to subsection (3)(b) below, a debtor shall be entitled, where—
(a)warrant for interim attachment is granted; and
(b)the court is satisfied that the creditor was acting unreasonably in applying for it,
to the expenses incurred in opposing that warrant.
(3)The court may modify or refuse—
(a)such expenses as are mentioned in subsection (1) above if it is satisfied that—
(i)the creditor was acting unreasonably in applying for the warrant; or
(ii)such modification or refusal is reasonable in all the circumstances and having regard to the outcome of the action; and
(b)such expenses as are mentioned in subsection (2) above if it is satisfied as to the matter mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) above.
(4)Subject to subsections (1) to (3) above, the court may make such findings as it thinks fit in relation to such expenses as are mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) above.
(5)Expenses incurred as mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) above in obtaining or, as the case may be, opposing an application for warrant shall be expenses of process.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 1A inserted (1.4.2008) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), ss. 173, 227(3) (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2008/115, art. 3(1)(c) (with arts. 4-6, 10, 15) (as amended: (23.2.2009) by S.S.I. 2009/67, art. 7; (31.1.2011) by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 5(a); and (4.10.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/173, arts. 1(2), 3)
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