{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/schedule-16/paragraph-65",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/schedule-16/paragraph-65.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/29",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Services Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/65",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 70 (taxation on application of party chargeable or solicitor)—\n(a) in the section heading for “Taxation” substitute “ Assessment ”,\n(b) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for “taxed” substitute “ assessed ”, and\n(ii) for “taxation” substitute “ assessment ”,\n(c) in subsection (2)—\n(i) for “taxation” (in both places) substitute “ assessment ”, and\n(ii) for “taxed” substitute “ assessed ”,\n(d) in subsections (3) to (5) for “taxation” (in each place) substitute “ assessment ”,\n(e) in subsection (6)—\n(i) for “taxation” substitute “ assessment ”, and\n(ii) for “taxed” substitute “ assessed ”,\n(f) in subsection (7)—\n(i) for “taxation” (in each place) substitute “ assessment ”,\n(ii) for “taxing officer” substitute “ costs officer ”, and\n(iii) for “tax” substitute “ assess ”,\n(g) in subsection (8) for “taxation” (in each place) substitute “ assessment ”,\n(h) in subsection (9)—\n(i) for “for taxation” (in both places) substitute “ for assessment ”,\n(ii) for “the taxation” (in both places) substitute “ the assessment ”,\n(iii) for “a taxation” substitute “ an assessment ”, and\n(iv) for “one fifth of the amount of the bill is taxed off” substitute “ the amount of the bill is reduced by one fifth ”,\n(i) in subsection (10)—\n(i) for “taxing officer” substitute “ costs officer ”, and\n(ii) for “taxation” (in both places) substitute “ assessment ”,\n(j) omit subsection (11), and\n(k) in subsection (12)—\n(i) for “of the bill taxed off” substitute “ of the reduction in the bill ”,\n(ii) for “taxation” substitute “ assessment ”, and\n(iii) for “taxed” (in the second place) substitute “ assessed ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 65 in force at 1.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3250, art.2(f)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/schedule/16/paragraph/65",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:22.589914+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."
}