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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-and-attachment-scotland-act-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2002/17",
  "legislation_title": "Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-and-attachment-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Circumstances where liability for expenses is at the discretion of the sheriff",
  "text": "The liability for any expenses incurred by the creditor or the debtor—\n(a) in an application by the creditor or an officer of court to the sheriff under any provision of Part 2 or 3 of this Act, other than an application for an exceptional attachment order; or\n(b) in implementing an order under—\n(i) subsection (2)(b) or (10)(a) of section 21 above; or\n(ii) section 20(1) above,\nshall be as determined by the sheriff.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2007/3",
      "affecting_title": "Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/17/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:56.910761+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."
}