Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1995 No. 239 FEDERAL COURT RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 20

20.1 Subrule 41 (2): Omit "7 days", substitute "14 days".

20.2 Subrule 41 (4): Add at the end "and the amount which it is contended
should be taxed off.".

20.3 Subrule 41 (5): Omit "2 clear days", substitute "7 days".

20.4 Subrules 41 (6) and (7): Omit the subrules, substitute:

"(6) Subject to the discretion of the taxing officer, to be exercised in
exceptional circumstances, on taxation of the bill, no amount is to be taxed
off, nor any ground of objection to an item or part of an item allowed, unless
each amount, ground, item or part of an item, as the case may be, is
specifically set out in a notice under subrule (3).

"(7) Subject to subrule 46 (4A), the taxing officer has a discretion to:

   (a)  tax the costs of the notice under subrule (3), and of any other
        objections, and:

        (i)    add them, or a part of them, to; or

        (ii)   deduct them, or a part of them, from; any sum payable by or to
               a party to the taxation; or

   (b)  to fix a lump sum in respect of the costs of the notice or other
        objection and:

        (i)    add it to; or

        (ii)   deduct it from; any sum payable by or to a party to the
               taxation.".