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.”.