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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
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### 149 Certificate of assessment
> > (1) At the expiration of a period of 48 hours after the conclusion of an assessment of costs, a registrar is to issue a certificate of assessment in respect of the bill of costs.
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> > (1A) [*\[Rule 149 Subrule (1A) inserted by S.R. 2003, No. 17, Applied:09 Apr 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-04-09/sr-2003-017#GS18@Hpa@EN) If a registrar is satisfied that 21 days have passed since the bill of costs was served, the registrar may issue a certificate of assessment even though a notice of objection has not been filed.
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> > (2) A registrar may issue an interim certificate of assessment before the conclusion of an assessment in respect of any portion of a bill of costs.
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> > (3) [*\[Rule 149 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2003, No. 17, Applied:09 Apr 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-04-09/sr-2003-017#GS18@Hpb@EN) Pending the determination of a review under [rule 150](#GS150@EN) of any item on a bill of costs, a registrar may issue a certificate of assessment in respect of the remainder of the bill of costs.