Definitions and application
63.01 Definitions and application
In this Order—
bill means bill of costs, account, or statement of charges;
costs includes disbursements and reasonable costs of recording and transcript;
party includes—
a person not a party to a proceeding by or to whom costs in respect of the proceeding are payable by or under any Act or these Rules or any order of the Court;
in the case of a proceeding in another court or before a tribunal or of an arbitration, a person whether or not a party to that proceeding or arbitration by or to whom costs in respect of the proceeding or arbitration are payable where by or under any Act or these Rules or any order of the Court the costs are to be taxed in the Costs Court;
taxation or taxation of costs means the assessment, settling, taxation or review of costs;
taxed costs means costs taxed in accordance with this Order;
trustee includes an executor of a will and an administrator of the estate of a deceased person.
In this Order—
references to the Costs Court, a Costs Judge or an Associate Judge who is a Costs Judge include references to another officer of the Supreme Court conducting a taxation of costs under this Order or the Supreme Court Rules;
references to a fund held by a trustee include references to any property to which the trustee is entitled as trustee, whether alone or together with any other person and whether the property is for the time being in the possession of the trustee or not.
This Order applies to costs payable or to be taxed under these Rules or under any order of the Court and to costs to be taxed under any Act.
This Order applies subject to the powers of the Supreme Court and the Costs Court in relation to costs under Division 2 of Part 6 of the Supreme Court Act 1986.
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