DMBM671700 - Summary warrant: Balance agreement of costs
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You need to agree the costs detailed in the C Book27(Scotland) at the balance date (last Friday in October each year).
You should:
- carry into column 7 the amount of costs payable to the sheriff officer but not yet paid, that is columns 4+5 minus column 6
- carry into column 13 the amount of unrecovered costs, that is columns 8+9 minus columns 11+12
- enter a total for each of columns 4-13 in the register ensuring that separate machine lists are prepared to give a total for each of items 10a and 10b
- add together the totals of:
- columns 4+5
- columns 8+9
- columns 11+12
- make sure that:
- the total of columns 4+5 equals the total of column 6
- the total of columns 8+9 less the total of columns 11+12 equals the total of column 13
- check the total of column 11 against a machine list of the relevant payment vouchers
- request the Officer grade responsible to confirm that the total agrees with the corresponding total on CAROL.
If a discrepancy arises, check all entries.
When the cross cast of the columns in the C Book27(Scotland) is agreed, separately machine list and total:
- forms C18
- the green ink entries in column 12 of C Book27(Scotland).
You should then:
- agree the total of these two lists with the agreed total of column 12 of the C Book27(Scotland)
- suitably head the two lists
- keep them in the balance file.
Form C45K(Costs(Scotland)
When these procedures have been finalised you should:
- extract the relevant figures from the C Book27(Scotland)
- enter these against the respective figures on form 45K(Costs(Scotland)
- check that the total of the entries at 1d, 2f and 4b equals the total of the entries at 6b,7d,8a,8b,9b and 11d
- check that the total of the entry at 2b agrees the total of the entry at 8c
- ensure that the brought forward figure at item 1d agrees the figure shown as carried forward at item 11d on the form 45K(Costs)(Scotland) for the previous year
- ensure that the brought forward figure at item 6b agrees the figure shown as carried forward at item 4b on the form 45K(Costs)(Scotland) for the previous year.