Part 3Authorised Tribunal Staff

Interpretation9

1

In this Part—

  • “claim” means a claim for costs made by the receiving party;

  • “costs judge” means—

    1. a

      in relation to an order of a court in England and Wales, a taxing master of the Senior Courts;

    2. b

      in relation to an order of a court in Scotland, the Auditor of the Court of Session;

    3. c

      in relation to an order of a court in Northern Ireland, the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland Taxing Master or (as the case may be) a district judge;

  • “Costs Office” means—

    1. a

      in relation to an order of a court in England and Wales, the Senior Courts Costs Office;

    2. b

      in relation to an order of a court in Scotland, the Office of the Auditor of the Court of Session;

    3. c

      in relation to an order of a court in Northern Ireland, the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland Taxing Office or (as the case may be) the office of the chief clerk or relevant county court office;

  • “order” means an order of the court made under section 29D(3) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 that the Lord Chancellor make a payment in respect of the costs of a person in the proceedings;

  • “proceedings” means proceedings in respect of any act or omission of an authorised person in the execution (or purported execution) of that person’s duty as an authorised person exercising a relevant judicial function by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 20076;

  • “receiving party” means the person in whose favour the order is made.

2

In the application of this Part to Scotland—

a

references to costs are to be read as references to expenses;

b

references to disbursements are to be read as references to outlays;

c

references to a requirement to serve any document are to be read as references to a requirement to intimate that document, and “serving” is to be construed accordingly.