After section 396U of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 insert -

"Unexplained wealth orders: expenses of proceedings

396V Expenses orders

(1) This section applies in the following cases -

(a) the Scottish Ministers have made an application for an unexplained wealth order under section 396A;

(b) an application has been made for the determination period to be extended under section 396DA;

(c) an application has been made to discharge or vary an unexplained wealth order;

(d) the Scottish Ministers have made an application for an interim freezing order under section 396J;

(e) an application has been made to vary or recall an interim freezing order;

(f) an application has been made in the circumstances referred to in section 396M to -

(i) sist an action, execution or other legal process, or

(ii) sist proceedings in respect of property or allow them to continue;

(g) the Scottish Ministers have made an application under section 396N (arrestment of property affected by interim freezing order);