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Courts and Court Officers Act 2002
Interest on costs, charges or expenses of certain judgments, orders or decrees.
30.—F8[(1) Subject to section 23 of the Act of 1981, interest on the amount of costs, charges or expenses awarded to a party in proceedings in a court, to which section 27 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840 applies, pursuant to a judgment, order or decree of the court, shall—
(a) not be payable until—
(i) if the amount aforesaid is agreed by the parties to the proceedings, the date of such agreement, or
(ii) in default of agreement—
(I) the date on which a certificate of taxation (which expression includes an interim certificate of taxation) in respect of the amount aforesaid is issued by a taxing master of the High Court or by a county registrar exercising the powers of such a taxing master, as may be appropriate, or
(II) if appropriate, in the case of proceedings in the Circuit Court, the date on which a county registrar measures the amount aforesaid in accordance with rules of court,
and
(b) be payable at the rate for the time being standing specified in section 26 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840, from the appropriate date aforesaid until that amount is paid.]
(2) Subsection (1) also applies, where appropriate, to part only of the amount referred to in that subsection, and that subsection shall have effect accordingly.
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Annotations
Amendments:
F8
Substituted (20.09.2004) by Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004), s. 41(1), S.I. No. 544 of 2004, subject to transitional provision in subs. (3).
F9
Repealed (20.09.2004) by Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004), s. 41(2), S.I. No. 544 of 2004, subject to transitional provision in subs. (3).