Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 Explanatory Notes

Section 64 – Award of expenses

213.Section 64 enables the Scottish Tribunals to award expenses only where this is provided for in Tribunal Rules. Where Tribunal Rules make provision for the award of expenses these may include provision as to the scales or rates of the expenses that are to be awarded; for the Tribunals to set-off the expenses against specified other sums; for interest to be paid at a rate to be specified in Tribunal Rules in the event of the expenses remaining unpaid; for wasted expenses to be disregarded (and to specify what constitutes wasted expenses); as well as such other factors that the Tribunals may take into account (subsections (3) and (4)).

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