(a) The Appeals Board may award an interested party the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, including reasonable attorney’s fees, if:
(1) the interested party appeals the final action of an agency on a protest;
(2) the Appeals Board sustains the appeal; and
(3) the Appeals Board finds that there has been a violation of law or regulation.
(b) The Appeals Board shall adopt regulations to implement this section and to determine what constitutes reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest.