§ Amendments made: No. 13, in page 7, line 16, after 'legal' insert 'or other'.
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No. 14, in page 7, line 22, at end insert—
'(5A) In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (1), the court may disallow, or (as the case may be) order the legal or other representative concerned to meet, the whole of any wasted costs or such part of them as may be determined in accordance with rules of court.
(5B) In subsection (5A), "wasted costs" means any costs incurred by a party—
- (a) as a result of any improper, unreasonable or negligent act or omission on the part of any legal or other representative or any employee of such a representative; or
- (b) which, in the light of any such act or omission occurring after they were incurred, the court considers it is unreasonable to expect that party to pay.'.
§ No. 15, in page 8, line 4, after 'legal' insert 'or other'.
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No. 16, in page 8, line 7, at end insert—
'(2) In section 52 of that Act (costs in Crown Court) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2)—
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(2A) Subsection (5A) of section 51 applies in relation to any civil proceedings in the Crown Court as it applies in relation to any proceedings mentioned in subsection (1) of that section".'.—[The Solicitor-General.]