{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-47.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-47.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/47.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "47.3",
  "heading": "Powers of an authorised court officer",
  "text": "(1) An authorised court officer has all the powers of the court when making a detailed assessment, except—\n(a) power to make a wasted costs order as defined in rule 46.8;\n(b) power to make an order under—\n(i) rule 44.11 (powers in relation to misconduct);\n(ii) rules 47.8 (sanction for delay in commencing detailed assessment proceedings) and 47.14.(3) and (4) (sanction for delay in requesting a detailed assessment hearing);\n(iii) paragraph (2) (objection to detailed assessment by authorised court officer); and\n(c) power to make a detailed assessment of costs payable to a solicitor by that solicitor’s client, unless the costs are being assessed under rule 46.4 (costs where money is payable to a child or protected party).\n(2) Where a party objects to the detailed assessment of costs being made by an authorised court officer, the court may order it to be made by a costs judge or a District Judge.\n(Practice Direction 47 sets out the relevant procedure.)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pts. 44-48 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 16, Sch. (with rule 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 47.3(1)(b)(ii) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/101), rules 1(1), 14(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 47.3(1)(b)(ii) inserted (6.4.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/101), rules 1(1), 14(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(iv); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/47.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}