# The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, Regulation 148: The Lands Tribunal


(1) In this regulation–
“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal established by section 1(1)(b) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 and
“the registrar” means the registrar of the tribunal.
(2) Except in so far as otherwise provided by this regulation, these Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid for proceedings in the tribunal and in the conduct of all proceedings in it for which a certificate is granted in like manner as they apply to applications for legal aid for, and the conduct of, proceedings in any court.
(3) Where any power to do any act or exercise any jurisdiction or discretion is conferred by these Regulations on a court it shall be exercised by the tribunal and may, unless it is exercisable only during the hearing of the proceedings, be exercised by the registrar.
(4) Notwithstanding anything in regulation 105 or 107, the following provisions shall have effect in relation to proceedings in the tribunal to which an assisted person is a party–
(a) where a final decision is given in writing by the tribunal, it shall, in addition to any direction as to costs, contain a direction that the costs of any assisted person shall be taxed on the standard basis and the costs shall be so taxed by the registrar;
(b) where the proceedings are brought to an end without a direction having been given under sub-paragraph (a), the costs of any assisted person shall be taxed by the registrar on the standard basis; and
(c) in taxing the costs of any assisted person the registrar shall have power to determine as the appropriate scale for the taxation, one of the scales of costs for the time being prescribed by the County Court Rules 1981.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/148 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-148
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