Section 12 Officers of other courts may request the taxing officer of either House to tax parts of bills.

In case the taxing officer of the House of Lords, or the taxing officer of the House of Commons, shall be requested by the proper officer of any other court to assist him in taxing and settling any costs, charges, and expences incurred in respect of a private bill, being part of any bill of costs which shall have been referred to him by the court of which he is such officer, such taxing officer so requested shall thereupon proceed to tax and settle the same, and shall return the same, with his opinion thereupon, to the officer who shall have so requested him to tax and settle the same, and shall have the same powers, and may receive the same fees, in respect of such taxation, as if application had been made to him for the taxation thereof in pursuance of this Act, or of the M1House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1847, as the case may be.