High Court Ordinance

(1)
Notwithstanding
sections 49
and
52A
, the power to make rules of court under
section 54
includes power to make provision for enabling the Registrar, in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules,
to—
(a)
disallow all or part of any costs to be taxed pursuant to a costs order made by the Court of First Instance or the Court of Appeal;
(b)
disallow all or part of any interest otherwise payable under
section 49
on taxed costs, or reduce the period for which such interest is payable or the rate prescribed in
section 49
at which such interest is payable; and
(c)
increase the rate prescribed in
section 49
at which interest on taxed costs or costs of taxation is payable.
(2)
Any rules made by virtue of this section may include such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the Rules Committee may consider necessary or expedient.