Article 6 Expenses out of the Scottish Legal Aid Fund
An application to the court for an award of expenses under section 19(1) of the Act shall be made by motion in the cause.
On an application to the court being made under section 19(1) of the Act, the court may–
summarily dismiss the application; or
order the applicant to lodge a statement on oath of his grounds for claiming payment out of the Scottish Legal Aid Fund of the whole or any part of the expenses incurred by him together with an estimate of the probable amount of those expenses.
Where the court pronounces an interlocutor under paragraph (2)(b), the court shall also order the applicant to intimate a copy of each of the statement of grounds and estimate referred to in paragraph (2)(b) to the Board.
The Board may–
appear to be represented at any hearing to consider an application in which there has been intimation under paragraph (3); and
cite any party to the cause to attend any such hearing.