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HOUSE OF COMMONS COSTS TAXATION ACT 1879

HOUSE OF COMMONS COSTS TAXATION ACT 1879 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act, 1847.{1}
[3rd July 1879]
Preamble, which recited House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1847
(c.69); rep. by SLR 1894

HOUSE OF COMMONS COSTS TAXATION ACT 1879 - SECT 1
Powers of 1847 c.69 extended to provisional orders and other cases.

1. 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.

HOUSE OF COMMONS COSTS TAXATION ACT 1879 - SECT 2
Taxing officer of House of Commons to tax costs of orders and
Bills on request from proper authority.

2. 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.

HOUSE OF COMMONS COSTS TAXATION ACT 1879 - SECT 3
Fees under this Act to be received as directed by 1847 c.69.

3. 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.

HOUSE OF COMMONS COSTS TAXATION ACT 1879 - SECT 4
Short title.

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