{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-4.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-4.5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/313",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016",
  "path": "rule/4.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4.5",
  "heading": "Expenses",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where a party is represented by an authorised person or a lay representative.\n(2) Despite that representation, the sheriff may award the party any expenses or outlays that the party would be entitled to by virtue of the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4.5 in force at 30.11.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 47."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/313/rule/4.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:11.793984+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}