The Community Legal Service (Costs) Regulations 2000

Application of this Part

14.—(1) In this Part:

“the awarded sum” means the amount of costs to be paid in accordance with a client’s costs order or a client’s costs agreement;

“client’s costs order” and “client’s costs agreement” mean, respectively, an order and an agreement that another party to proceedings or prospective proceedings pay all or part of the costs of a client;

“Fund” means the Community Legal Service Fund established under section 5 of the Act;

“the funded sum” means the amount of remuneration payable by the Commission to a supplier for the relevant work under a contract or any other arrangements that determine that supplier’s remuneration, including those that apply by virtue of article 4 of the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000(1); and, where funding is provided by the Commission under a contract which does not differentiate between the remuneration for the client’s case and remuneration for other cases, means such part of the remuneration payable under the contract as may be specified in writing by the Commission as being the funded sum;

“relevant work” means the funded services provided in relation to the dispute or proceedings to which the client’s costs order or client’s costs agreement relates;

“remuneration” includes fees and disbursements and value added tax on fees and disbursements;

“statutory charge” means the charge created by section 10(7) of the Act.

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S.I. 2000/627.