Courts Act 2019
Amendment of Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 | ||
3. The Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 141, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5): | ||
“(6) For the purposes of subsection (3)(f), a County Registrar need not publish the reasons for a determination where he or she is of the opinion that the taxation concerned does not involve a matter of legal importance.”, | ||
(b) in section 154(10)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “adjudication,” for “adjudication, and”, | ||
(ii) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “attempt,” for “attempt.”, and | ||
(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (d): | ||
“(e) a procedure whereby a party to an adjudication may, upon notice to another party— | ||
(i) pay into court a sum of money, or | ||
(ii) make an offer by way of tender to the other party, | ||
in satisfaction of the costs of the other party that are the subject of the adjudication, and | ||
(f) the respective liability of the parties referred to in paragraph (e) for the costs of the adjudication where the amount of a payment or offer referred to in that paragraph is equal to or greater than the amount of the costs concerned that, in the adjudication, are determined to be paid.”, | ||
(c) in section 160(2)(a), by the substitution of “section 163” for “section 166”, and | ||
(d) in section 172— | ||
(i) in subsection (2), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): | ||
“(aa) the President of the Court of Appeal;”, | ||
and | ||
(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (6): | ||
“(6A) On the death or retirement of the President of the Court of Appeal, the senior ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal who is for the time being available shall be a member of the Committee until the appointment of a President of the Court of Appeal.”. |