SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Costs recovery: procedure, appeals and recovery etc

Interest and recovery

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1

This paragraph applies if all or part of an amount of costs that a governing body is required to pay under section 73 is unpaid by the time when it is required to be paid.

2

The unpaid amount of the costs for the time being—

a

carries interest at the rate for the time being specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838, and

b

does not also carry interest as a judgment debt under that section.

3

The total amount of interest imposed under sub-paragraph (2) must not exceed the amount of the costs.

4

The OfS may recover from the governing body, as a civil debt due to it, the unpaid amount of the costs and any unpaid interest.