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Paragraph 32.5 Interest on expensesF1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Paragraph (2) applies where the sheriff grants decree for payment of—

(a)

expenses as taxed; and

(b)

interest thereon.

(2)

Without prejudice to the sheriff’s other powers in relation to interest, the decree pronounced may require the party decerned against to pay interest on the taxed expenses, or any part thereof, from a date no earlier than 28 days after the date on which the account of expenses was lodged.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 rules 32.3, 32.3A, 32.4, 32.5 substituted for rules 32.3, 32.4 (29.4.2019) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court Rules and Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Taxation of Judicial Expenses) 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/74), paras. 1(2), 3(7) (with para. 2)

Notes on Schedule First

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 (with appendices 1 and 2) substituted (1.1.1994) for Sch. 1 (with appendix) by S.I. 1993/1956, para. 2, Sch.1.

Sch. 1 (except rule 29.10) excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, para. 3.24, Sch. 3

Sch. 1 extended (14.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/124, reg. 30(5)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1 applied (30.11.2016) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 21), ss. 121(5), 237(2) (with ss. 232, 234(3), 235, 236); S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2

C2

Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Intimation and Service) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/301), paras. 1(2), (4), 2 (with para. 1(5))

C3

Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Electronic Signature and Electronic Transmission of Documents) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/302), paras. 1(2), 2(1), 3-5