PART 3AUDITORS OF COURT

16Auditors’ functions

1

An auditor of court—

a

is to tax such accounts of expenses as are remitted to the auditor for taxation by a court or tribunal,

b

has such other functions as are conferred on that office by an enactment (including this Act).

2

An auditor of court may tax such accounts as are submitted to the auditor for taxation otherwise than on remission from a court or tribunal or where required by an enactment.

3

An auditor of the sheriff court may—

a

tax an account of expenses remitted to any auditor of the sheriff court by a court or tribunal,

b

exercise the functions of that office in any sheriffdom.