# The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987, Regulation 17: Assessment and taxation of fees and outlays


(1) Where the solicitor considers that the fees and outlays properly chargeable for the advice or assistance exceed any contribution payable by the client under the provisions of section 11 of the Act together with any expenses or property recovered or preserved under the provisions of section 12 of the Act as read with regulation 15, he shall, within 6 months of the date when the giving of advice and assistance was completed, submit an account to the Board.
(2) Where the Board receives an account in accordance with paragraph (1) above, it shall assess the fees and outlays allowable to the solicitor for the advice or assistance in accordance with regulation 16 and shall determine accordingly any sum payable out of the Fund and pay it to the solicitor.
(3) If the solicitor is dissatisfied with any assessment of fees and outlays by the Board under paragraph (2) above, he may require taxation of his account by the auditor; the auditor shall tax the fees and outlays allowable to the solicitor for the advice or assistance in accordance with regulation 16, and such taxation shall be conclusive of the fees and outlays so allowable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/382/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-regulations-1987/regulation-17
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