# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 47.3: Powers of an authorised court officer


(1) An authorised court officer has all the powers of the court when making a detailed assessment, except—
(a) power to make a wasted costs order as defined in rule 46.8;
(b) power to make an order under—
(i) rule 44.11 (powers in relation to misconduct);
(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);
(iii) paragraph (2) (objection to detailed assessment by authorised court officer); and
(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).
(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.
(Practice Direction 47 sets out the relevant procedure.)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/47.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-47.3
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