{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disqualified-directors-compensation-orders-fees-scotland-order-2016/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disqualified-directors-compensation-orders-fees-scotland-order-2016/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1048",
  "legislation_title": "The Disqualified Directors Compensation Orders (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disqualified-directors-compensation-orders-fees-scotland-order-2016",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Fees payable in connection with compensation orders and compensation undertakings",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State is to be paid a fee for performing the function of distributing to a creditor an amount received by the Secretary of State in respect of a compensation order or a compensation undertaking to which this Order applies.\n(2) The fee is to be paid out of the amount received before such a distribution is made to a creditor.\n(3) The fee means the aggregate of—\n(a) the time spent by the appropriate officials carrying out the Secretary of State’s function under paragraph (1) in relation to all creditors specified in a compensation order or a compensation undertaking, multiplied by the hourly rate in accordance with the table in the Schedule; and\n(b) any necessary disbursements or expenses properly incurred in carrying out that function,\ndivided equally between the total number of creditors specified in the compensation order or the compensation undertaking.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1048/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:37.982646+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."
}