Section 11 Application for assessment etc. on award of vexatious costs

(1)

A person entitled to recover costs under section 9(2)(a) or 10(2)(a) or (b) may apply for their assessment and certification.

(2)

A person entitled to recover costs under section 9(2)(b) or 10(2)(c) may apply only for their certification.

(3)

The application must be made to the taxing officer of the House to which the members of the committee awarding the costs belong.

(4)

The application—

(a)

must be made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the date of the committee's report, but

(b)

if made under subsection (1), must not be made before the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which a duly signed bill of the costs is delivered to the person required to pay those costs.

(5)

“Duly signed”, in relation to a bill of costs, means signed (or, where appropriate, sealed) by or on behalf of the applicant.