20APower to act in cases relating to rates and taxes[[10]](#endnote-11)

20A Power to act in cases relating to rates and taxes[[10]](#endnote-11) S. 20A(1) amended by No. 24/2008 s. 20. (1) A Judge, Associate Judge or officer of the Court is not incapable of acting in any proceeding by reason of being one of a class of ratepayers or one of any other class of persons liable in common with others to contribute to or be benefited by any rate or tax which may be affected by that proceeding. (2) In this section ***rate or tax*** means any rate, tax, duty or assessment, whether public, general or local and includes— (a) any fund formed from the proceeds of any such rate, tax, duty or assessment; and (b) any fund applicable for purposes the same as, or similar to, those for which the proceeds of any such rate, tax, duty or assessment might be applied. S. 21 amended by Nos 64/1996 s. 42, 71/2003 s. 3, 18/2005 s. 18(Sch. 1 item 103.2), 24/2008 s. 21, repealed by No. 42/2014 s. 102. No. 6387 s. 30.