# The Church of England (Legal Aid) Rules 1995, Article 21: Authority to incur costs


(1) Where—
(a) it appears to the assisted person’s solicitor to be necessary for the proper conduct of proceedings to which the certificate relates to incur costs by taking any of the steps specified in paragraph (2); and
(b) payment of legal aid in respect of those costs is not specifically authorised by the certificate,
the assisted person’s solicitor shall apply to the Commission for authority to incur those costs, and no payment of legal aid shall be made in respect of any such costs incurred without authority from the Commission.
(2) The steps referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a) lodging an appeal;
(b) instructing counsel;
(c) obtaining a report or opinion from one or more experts or tendering expert evidence;
(d) employing a person to provide a report or opinion (other than as an expert) or paying a person (not being an expert witness) a fee to prepare a report or opinion and to give evidence if required;
(e) requiring transcripts of shorthand notes or tape recordings of any proceedings;
(f) performing any act which either is unusual in its nature or involves unusually large expenditure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2034/article/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-legal-aid-rules-1995/article-21
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