{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-costs-act-2006/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-costs-act-2006/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/37",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Costs Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-costs-act-2006",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“costs” includes fees, disbursements and expenses,\n“promoter” means, in the case of a private Bill not promoted by a company—\n(a)any person named in the Bill as a promoter of it, and\n(b)any company which would, if the provisions of the Bill were in force, be incorporated as a result,\n“provisional order” means an order or scheme made under, and requiring confirmation by, Act of Parliament,\n“provisional order Bill” means a Bill to confirm a provisional order,\n“representative” includes a parliamentary agent and a solicitor,\n“responsible officer” has the meaning given by section 1,\n“solicitor” includes a body recognised under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (incorporated practices) and a reference to a solicitor's partner includes a director of such a body, and\n“successor”, in relation to a representative, means his executor, administrator or assignee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 18 applied (with modifications) (23.12.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2866), art. 1(2), Sch. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/37/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:04.877913+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."
}