Part X Costs

60 Powers of courts and commissions in regard to costs.

1

F1Subject, in the case of any party to whom legal aid is granted under Part I of the Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988, to rules made under section 4 of that MeasureAny court or commission having jurisdiction under this Measure shall have power at any stage of the proceedings to order any party to give security for costs.

2

Any court, commission, committee or examiner shall have power at its discretion to make an order for payment of taxed costs against any party and may take into account the fact that the whole or part of the costs of a complainant or accused person are being or have been met out of the F2Fund maintained under Part I of the Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988.

C13

An award of costs to any person under the last foregoing subsection may direct that, instead of taxed costs, that person shall be entitled—

a

to a proportion specified in the direction of the taxed costs or to the taxed costs from or up to a stage of the proceedings so specified; or

b

to a gross sum so specified in lieu of taxed costs.

4

In this section the expression “costs” includes fees, charges, disbursements, expenses and remuneration and the expression “taxed costsF3in relation to costs incurred by any person to whom legal aid is granted under the Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988, means costs taxed or assessed in accordance with rules made under section 4 of that Measure and in relation to costs incurred by any other person.means costs taxed by a registrar in the prescribed manner.