Section 7 Complaints about report

(1)

This section applies where—

(a)

a taxing officer reports an assessment of costs under section 6, and

(b)

the representative (or his successor) or the party wishes to complain about the report.

(2)

The person wishing to complain may give a statement of his complaint to the responsible officer of the House concerned.

(3)

The statement must be given to the responsible officer before the end of the applicable period.

(4)

The responsible officer may—

(a)

give the report and the statement to the taxing officer, and

(b)

require him to make a further report on the assessment.

(5)

On receiving that further report, the responsible officer may require the taxing officer to amend the report to which the statement of complaint relates.

(6)

In this section and section 8, “applicable period”, in relation to a report under section 6, means the period of 21 days beginning with the day after the one on which the report is made.