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House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1879

1879 CHAPTER 17

An Act to amend the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act, 1847.

[3d July 1879]

WHEREAS it is expedient that the provisions of the [10 & 11 Vict. c. 69.] House of Commons Costs Taxation Act, 1847, should be extended and made applicable to other cases than those mentioned in the said Act :

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1Powers of 10 & 11 Vict. c. 69 extended to provisional orders and other cases.

All the powers and provisions of the above-recited Act shall extend and apply to the costs, charges, and expenses of any parliamentary agent, solicitor, or other person in respect to the obtaining or promotion of or opposition to any provisional order or provisional certificate, or any Bill for confirming the same; and in respect to the promotion of any Bill by any public trustees or commissioners, or by any municipal or other public authority, and in respect to the opposition to any public and general Bill.

2Taxing officer of House of Commons to tax costs of orders and Bills on request from proper authority.

In case the taxing officer of the House of Commons shall be requested by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State or by the Local Government Board to tax and settle, or to assist in taxing and settling, any costs, charges, or expenses incurred in respect of any Bill, or in respect of any provisional order or provisional certificate, such taxing officer shall thereupon proceed to tax and settle the same, and shall return the same with his opinion thereon to the Secretary of State or to the Local Government Board, as the case may be.

3Fees under this Act to be received as directed by 10 & 11 Vict. c.69.

The said taxing officer shall have the same powers and may-receive the like fees in respect of any taxation by him under this Act as in the case of any taxation under the Act first above recited.

4Short title.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act, 1879.

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