Parliamentary Costs Act 2006

Short description: Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Short description: United Kingdom legislation

Parliamentary Costs Act 2006[lower-alpha 1]Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to consolidate the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1847, the House of Lords Costs Taxation Act 1849, the Parliamentary Costs Act 1865, the Parliamentary Costs Act 1867, the Parliamentary Costs Act 1871 and the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1879, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Citation| 2006 c. 37
Territorial extent| United Kingdom[lower-alpha 2]
Dates
Royal assent| 8 November 2006
Commencement| 1 April 2007[lower-alpha 3]
Other legislation
Amends|

* Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936
* Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945
* See § Repealed enactments

Repeals| See § Repealed enactments

Status: Current legislation

History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Revised text of statute as amended

The Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 (c. 37) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It consolidates legislation relating to parliamentary costs of private bills.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Provisions
* 1.1 Repealed enactments and revocations
* 2 See also
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Provisions

The act concerns the "assessment and certification" of costs that are incurred during the passage of a private bill by the promoters of the bill, opponents of the bill, and other parties.[2] The contents of the act also apply to hybrid bills.[3]

The Speaker of the House of Commons is required to appoint a taxing officer under the act.[4]

The act was passed as a consolidation bill, replacing various other laws, including:[5][6][7]

* the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1847
* the House of Lords Costs Taxation Act 1849
* the Parliamentary Costs Act 1865
* the Parliamentary Costs Act 1867
* the Parliamentary Costs Act 1871
* the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1879

### Repealed enactments and revocations

Section 17(6) of the act repealed 7 enactments and revoked 1 instrument, listed in schedule 1 to the act.[8]

Citation  | Short title  | Extent of repeal or revocation

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Acts
10 & 11 Vict. c. 69  | House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1847  | The whole act.
12 & 13 Vict. c. 78  | House of Lords Costs Taxation Act 1849  | The whole act.
28 & 29 Vict. c. 27  | Parliamentary Costs Act 1865  | The whole act.
30 & 31 Vict. c. 136  | Parliamentary Costs Act 1867  | The whole act.
34 & 35 Vict. c. 3  | Parliamentary Costs Act 1871  | The whole act.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 17  | House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1879  | The whole act.
1993 c. 50  | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993  | In Schedule 2, paragraph 13.
Statutory instruments
SI 1991/2684  | Solicitors' Incorporated Practices Order 1991  | In Schedule 1, the entries relating to the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1847, the House of Lords Costs Taxation Act 1849, the Parliamentary Costs Act 1865, and the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1879.
In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the House of Lords Costs Taxation Act 1849.

## See also

* Parliamentary Costs Act

## Notes

1. ↑ Section 19(3).
2. ↑ Section 19(2).
3. ↑ Section 19(1).

## References

* Clara Johnson. "Parliamentary Costs Act 2006". Current Law Statutes Annotated 2006. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 2006. Volume 2. Chapter 37. pp 37-1 to 37-17.
* Halsbury's Statutes
* Social:Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
* Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 (c. 37): Table of Origins. HMSO. 2007.
* The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Parliamentary Costs Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Legislation relating to Parliamentary Costs. Law Com 298. SLC 202. Cm 6846. June 2006.

1. ↑ McBain, Graham (2022-03-06). "Modernising the Constitution: A Constitution Act" (in en). International Law Research 11 (1): 259. doi:10.5539/ilr.v11n1p259. ISSN 1927-5234. https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ilr/article/view/0/46871.
2. ↑ "Assessment and certification (‘taxation’) of costs - Erskine May - UK Parliament" (in en). https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/6225/assessment-and-certification-taxation-of-costs.
3. ↑ "Parliamentary Agents" (in en). https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/bills/private/parliamentary-agents/.
4. ↑ Torrance, David (2025-05-12). "The office and role of Speaker". https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9974/CBP-9974.pdf.
5. ↑ Ellison, Robin (2018). Red Tape: Managing Excess in Law, Regulation and the Courts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108618748. ISBN 978-1-108-42695-4. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/red-tape/0758C64E34789AC85914DB21C80FA696.
6. ↑ "PARLIAMENTARY COSTS BILL [HL: TABLE OF ORIGINS"]. 2006-06-14. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills/124/table.pdf.
7. ↑ Morris, R.J.B. (2016-10-04) (in en). Local Government, Local Legislation (0 ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315525372. ISBN 978-1-315-52536-5. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315525365.
8. ↑ Parliamentary Costs Act 2006, The National Archives, 2006 c. 37, http://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/37/enacted

## External links

* Text of the Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
* Text of the Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

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