HC Deb 29 July 1930 vol 242 c455

Appeals to a County Court.

1.—(1) An appeal to a county court under section twenty-two of this Act shall be commenced by the entry of a plaint and shall be called an action.

(2) The appellant shall be the plaintiff and the local authority shall be the defendant.

2.—(1) The judge may inspect the premises to which the action relates in any case in which he thinks that such inspection is desirable.

(2) The expenses of the inspection shall be paid in the first instance by the party on whose application it is made, or if inspection is made without an application, by the plaintiff.

(3) The court shall have power to direct by whom the expenses shall be ultimately borne and in default of any such direction they shall be costs in the action.

3. In default of any particular direction, the costs of the action shall be taxed upon the scale prescribed for claims between £20 and £50.

4. The County Court Rules for the time being in force shall apply so far as they are applicable and are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or of these temporary rules.

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