Rule 24.3 ExpensesI1

The solicitor for the petitioner or, if he is unrepresented, the petitioner shall be liable for the expenses of the petition for the appointment of a commissioner to take the evidence of a witness on commission.

The High Court or the sheriff, as the case may be, may order the solicitor for the petitioner, or the petitioner, to consign into court such sum in respect of those expenses as may be specified, and on or before such date as may be specified, in the order.

In the event of the sum so specified not being consigned into court on or before the date so specified, the petition shall be treated as having been abandoned.