Rule 80 Costs and expenses of petitioners and other specified persons (rule 12.49)

Rule 12.49 has effect as if for that rule there were substituted—

“Costs and expenses of petitioners and other specified persons

12.49.

(1)

Except as directed by the court, no allowance as a witness in any examination or other proceedings before the court may be made to a relevant officer of the company to which the proceedings relate.

(2)

A person making any application to court within the special administration is not to be regarded as a witness on the hearing of the application, but a costs officer may allow that person’s expenses of travelling and subsistence.”.