{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-and-succession-scotland-act-2024/section-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-and-succession-scotland-act-2024/section-71.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2024/2",
  "legislation_title": "Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-and-succession-scotland-act-2024",
  "path": "section/71",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Expenses of application",
  "text": "(1) Any question of expenses in relation to an application under this Act is to be determined by the court.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the court may, if it considers it reasonable to do so, direct that any such expenses be paid out of the trust property.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 71 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 88(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2026/323",
      "affecting_title": "The Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/2/section/71",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:02.065044+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."
}