{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-costs-rules-1988/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-costs-rules-1988/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1328",
  "legislation_title": "The Matrimonial Causes (Costs) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-costs-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Review by registrar",
  "text": "(1) A review following an application under rule 18 shall be conducted by a registrar and, where the taxation was conducted by a registrar, that registrar may review it.\n(2) On a hearing of a review, the registrar may receive further evidence and may exercise all the powers which he might exercise on an original taxation, including the power to award costs of the proceedings before him; and any costs awarded by him to any party may be taxed by him and may be added to or deducted from any other sum payable to or by that party in respect of costs.\n(3) On a hearing of a review, a party to whom a copy of objections was delivered under rule 18(3) shall be entitled to be heard in respect of all or any of the objections notwithstanding that he did not deliver written answers to the objections under paragraph (4) of that rule.\n(4) When the registrar gives his decision after he has conducted a review under this rule he shall, if requested to do so by any party to the proceedings before him, state in the certificate or otherwise in writing by reference to the objections the reasons for his decision on the review, and any special facts or circumstances relevant to it.\n(5) A request under paragraph (4) must be made within 14 days after the review or such other period as may be fixed by the registrar.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1328/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:01:54.670589+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."
}