19ATaxation of costs

19A Taxation of costs

[Section 19A Inserted by No. 45 of 1978, s. 10 ]

(1)  No payment shall be made out of the Fund by the Registrar unless there is submitted an itemised bill of costs for taxation by a taxing officer of the Supreme Court.

(2)  *[Section 19A Subsection (2) amended by No. 89 of 1986, s. 12 ]*On every such taxation the taxing officer shall allow all such costs, charges, and expenses as shall appear to him to have been necessary or proper, but nothing in this section permits any payment from the Fund of an amount in excess of any limit fixed by the regulations.

(3)  *[Section 19A Subsection (3) inserted by No. 89 of 1986, s. 12 ]*A taxing officer may impose a taxing fee in respect of the taxation of a bill of costs under subsection (1) .

(4)  *[Section 19A Subsection (4) inserted by No. 89 of 1986, s. 12 ]*A taxing fee imposed under subsection (3) –

(a) shall be an amount determined in accordance with the Rules of the Supreme Court;

(b) shall be payable out of the Fund; and

(c) shall be disregarded for the purpose of calculating the maximum amount payable under this Act.

(5)  *[Section 19A Subsection (5) inserted by No. 89 of 1986, s. 12 ]*Where a person entitled to a payment out of the Fund is dissatisfied with the allowance or disallowance by a taxing officer of the whole or a part of an item in a bill of costs taxed by him, the taxing officer shall, on application by that person, review the taxation.

(6)  *[Section 19A Subsection (6) added by No. 89 of 1986, s. 12 ]*Where a person who is so entitled is dissatisfied with a certificate or allocatur granted by a taxing officer on a review referred to in subsection (5) , a judge may, on application by that person –

(a) further review the taxation as to the whole or part of an item referred to in that subsection; and

(b) make such order relating to the taxation as he thinks just –

but the certificate or allocatur is final and conclusive as to any matter that is not the subject of the further review.