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Regulation 144 Procedure where application referred to master for determination

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Where the court in accordance with regulation 143(1)(a) refers the application to a master for hearing and determination–

(a)

the provisions of regulation 147 shall apply as if the master were the court and the court had adjourned the hearing of the application to a date to be fixed; and

(b)

the master shall have the same powers as a taxing officer has in the exercise of his functions under Order 62 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965f1; and

(c)

the unassisted party or the Area Director may appeal to a judge in chambers on a point of law within 14 days from the determination of the master.

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1965/1776; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1986/632.