LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 64 Taxation of expenses of conveyance

LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 64

S. 64(1) amended by No. 78/2008 s. 27(2)(a).

    (1)     Subject to Part 10, if any dispute arises under this Act as to the amount of any charges or expenses payable to any person under section 63(2), the charges or expenses must be taxed by the Costs Court upon the application of either party to the dispute.

S. 64(2) amended by No. 78/2008 s. 27(2)(b).

    (2)     The person liable to pay the charges or expenses must pay the amount that the Costs Court certifies to be due in respect of the charges or expenses to the person entitled to them.

    (3)     Subject to subsection (4), the costs of taxing the charges or expenses must be borne by the person liable to pay those charges or expenses.

    (4)     If upon the taxation of the charges or expenses one-sixth or more of the amount of the charges or expenses is disallowed, the costs of the taxation must be borne by the person whose charges or expenses are so taxed.

S. 64(5) amended by No. 78/2008 s. 27(3).

    (5)     The amount of any costs to be paid by a person under subsections (3) and (4) is to be ascertained by the Costs Court and deducted by the Costs Court accordingly in the certificate of taxation.

    (6)     In this section "person" includes the Authority.

Part 7—Persons with limited powers to deal with land