S. 1(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 3(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

2003 NI 13

SI 1973/2163

Words in s. 1(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 3(3) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

SI 1973/2163

S. 2(1)(a) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 4(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

1998 NI 9

2002 c.26

1988 NI 16

S. 3(1)(i) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 5(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

1995 NI 3

1980 c.47

Words in s. 3(5) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 5(3) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

SI 1982/159

Words in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 6(2)(a) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

Words in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 6(2)(b) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

2004 NI 9

1980 c.47

1978 c.23

1986 NI 4

Words in s. 4(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 6(3) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

1988 NI 16

Words in s. 4(2A) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 6(4) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

Words in s. 4(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 6(5) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

1995 c.35

1979 NI 3

1980 NI 3

1973 c.15

Words in s. 5A substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 7 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

1981 NI 8

1980 c.47

Words in s. 6(b) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 8 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

SI 1973/2163

SI 1982/159

1978 c.23

SR 1979/90

Words in s. 8 substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 9 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

S. 9 omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 10 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

SLR 1980

S. 10(1): words in the definition of "private prosecutor" substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 11(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

S. 10(1A) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 11(3) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

Words in s. 10(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 11(4) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

S. 1 applied (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 37, 94(1), Sch. 2 para. 20; S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(g)(h)

1980 N.I. 3

1981 NI 8

1980 c. 47

1980 c.47

1947 c.44

1954 c.33

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1968/10/body/2010-04-12Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968An Act to provide for the payment of costs in certain criminal proceedings; to repeal certain obsolete or unnecessary enactments; and for matters connected therewith.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-11-292010-04-12
1Expenses of prosecution.(1)

Where any criminal proceedings are instituted by or on behalf of, or taken over by, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the costs of the prosecution of such proceedings (including any costs incurred in connection with any matter preliminary or incidental to, and with any appeal from, those proceedings) shall, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Department of Finance and Personnel, be defrayed in the first instance by the Director.

(2)

Except in the case of proceedings to which subsection (1) applies, the costs of the prosecution of any criminal proceedings (including any costs incurred in connection with any matter preliminary or incidental to, and with any appeal from, those proceedings) shall, subject to subsection (3), be defrayed in the first instance by the prosecutor.

(3)

. . . where the prosecutor is any … department of the Government of Northern Ireland, the costs to be defrayed by that department under subsection (2) shall be at such rates or of such amounts as may be generally or specially approved by the Department of Finance and Personnel.

2Costs of prosecution in cases of conviction.(1)

The court by or before which any person is convicted of any offence may, in addition to any other order which it may make on or in consequence of such conviction, order, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, that person to pay—

(a)

in the case of proceedings to which section 1(1) applies, to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and

(b)

in any other case, to the prosecutor;

the whole or any part of the costs of the prosecution, including any costs incurred in connection with any matter preliminary or incidental to the trial.

(1A)

The amount of any costs ordered by a magistrates' court under this section to be paid by a person under the age of eighteen shall not exceed the amount of any fine imposed on him.

(2)

Any order under this section shall be enforceable—

(a)

if made by a magistrates' court, in the same manner as any other sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of that court; or

(b)

if made by any other court—

(i)

in any case where the prosecutor is a private prosecutor, in the same manner as an order under section 3 for the payment by a private prosecutor of the costs of the defence; and

(ii)

in any other case, in the same manner as any fine which has been or might have been imposed, in respect of the offence for which the person has been convicted, by the court making the order.

3Costs of defence in cases of acquittal, dismissal or discharge.(1)

Subject to the provisions of this section and of section 6, any court before which a person is prosecuted or tried (including a magistrates' court conducting the preliminary investigation of an indictable offence) or a judge of the Crown Court conducting a preparatory hearing under the Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988, if—

(a)

the accused is acquitted; or

(b)

the charge is dismissed, withdrawn or struck out; or

(c)

in the case of a magistrates' court conducting the preliminary investigation of an indictable offence, the accused is discharged;

may—

(i)

in the case of proceedings to which section 1(1) applies, order the Director of Public Prosecutions; and

(ii)

in any other case, order the prosecutor;

to pay to the accused the whole or any part of the costs of the defence.

(2)

Where a person committed for trial is not subsequently tried, the court to which he is committed shall have the same power to order payment of costs under this Act as if the accused had been tried and acquitted.

(2A)

Where a notice of transfer is given under Article 3 of the Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (serious and complex fraud) or under Article 4 of the Children's Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (certain cases involving children) but a person in relation to whose case it is given is not tried on a charge to which it relates, the Crown Court shall have the same power to order the payment of costs under this Act as if that person had been tried and acquitted.

(3)

The costs of the defence mentioned in subsection (1) shall, subject to subsection (4) and to rules pursuant to section 7, be such sums as appear to the court reasonably sufficient to compensate the accused for the expenses properly incurred by him in carrying on the defence (including, in the case of a trial, any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such trial) and to compensate any witness for the defence for the expense, trouble or loss of time properly incurred in, or incidental to, his attendance to give evidence.

(4)

Where an appellant is retried by virtue of an order under [ section 6 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ] and is acquitted on the retrial, the costs of the defence mentioned in subsection (1) shall include—

(a)

any costs which could have been ordered to be paid under this section by the court by which he was originally tried if he had been acquitted at the original trial; and

(b)

if no order was made under section 4(2) of this Act or under [ section 41(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980] in respect of his expenses on appeal, any sums for the payment of which such an order could have been made.

(5)

Notwithstanding that the court makes no order under subsection (1) for the payment of the costs of the defence, it may, subject to section 6, order the payment by the Director of Public Prosecutions or the prosecutor, as the case may require, of such sums as, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, appear to the court reasonably sufficient to compensate any witness for the defence for the expense, trouble or loss of time properly incurred in, or incidental to, his attendance to give evidence.

(6)

Unless the court otherwise directs, no sum shall be payable in pursuance of an order under this section to, or in respect of, any witness for the defence who is a witness to character only.

(7)

Where a court orders, under this section, payment of the costs of the defence, the order shall be enforceable—

(a)

where the prosecutor is a private prosecutor—

(i)

if the court is a magistrates' court, in the same manner as an order made by a magistrates' court in respect of a civil debt; or

Sub-para. (ii) rep. by 1978 c. 23

(iii)

in any other case, in the same manner as an order for the payment of costs made by the High Court in a civil case; or

(b)

if the prosecutor is not a private prosecutor, in the same manner as is provided by section 25 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 for the payment of costs in civil proceedings.

(8)

In this section, “witness” means a person properly attending to give evidence, whether or not he gives evidence; and a person called to give evidence at the instance of the court may, whether or not he is a witness for the defence, be made the subject of an order under subsection (5).

4Costs awarded by Court of Appeal.(1)

When the Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal or an application for leave to appeal, it may, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, order the appellant—

(a)

to pay to the Director of Public Prosecutions or any other person the Court thinks appropriate the whole or any part of the costs of the appeal or application, including any expenses payable by the Director of Public Prosecutions by virtue of section 28(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980;

(b)

to pay to the Lord Chancellor the whole or any part of any expenses payable by the Lord Chancellor in respect of the appeal or application by virtue of the said section 28(2); and

(c)

to pay the cost of any transcript of a record of proceedings made in accordance with rules of court under section 21 of that Act.

(1A)

Where the Court of Appeal reverses or varies a ruling on an appeal under Part IV of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (prosecution appeals) it may, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, make such order as to the costs to be paid by the accused, to such person as may be named in the order, as it considers just and reasonable.

(1B)

Costs ordered to be paid under subsection (1A) may include the cost of any transcript of a record of proceedings made in accordance with rules of court under section 21 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980.

(2)

Without prejudice to the said [ section 28(2)] but subject to section 6 of this Act, the [ Court of Appeal] may, when it allows an appeal against conviction, including an appeal against a finding of not guilty on the ground of insanity or a finding of unfitness to be tried, order the Director of Public Prosecutions or any other person the Court thinks appropriate to pay to the appellant the whole or any part of the costs of the appellant.

(2A)

The Court may also order the Director of Public Prosecutions or any other person the Court thinks appropriate to pay the costs of the appellant on an appeal under Article 8(11) of the Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 or under Part IV of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (prosecution appeals).

(3)

The costs of the appellant mentioned in subsections (2) and (2A) shall, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, be such sums as appear to the Court reasonably sufficient to compensate the appellant for any expenses properly incurred in the prosecution of his appeal (including any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such appeal) and in carrying on his defence at the court of trial, including any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such trial.

(4)

Where the [ Court of Appeal] orders the payment of costs under this section, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as an order for the payment of costs made by the High Court in a civil case but subject to section 25 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 where that section is applicable.

(5)

Where section 47A of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (death of convicted person) applies, any reference in this section to the appellant includes the person approved under that section.

4ACosts in certain proceedings in High Court or Court of Appeal.

Where an order for the payment of costs is made in any criminal cause by the High Court or the Court of Appeal, not being an order under section 2 or 3, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as an order for the payment of costs made by the High Court in a civil case, but subject to section 25 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 where that section is applicable.

5Costs awarded by county courts on appeals.(1)

A county court, when exercising, in criminal appeals, the jurisdiction conferred on it by [ Part IV of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 ], may—

(a)

when it dismisses an appeal, order, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, the appellant to pay to the respondent the whole or any part of the costs of the appeal; or

(b)

when it allows an appeal against conviction, order, subject to section 6, the respondent to pay to the appellant the whole or any part of the costs of the appellant.

(2)

The costs of the appellant mentioned in subsection (1)( b) shall, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, be such sums as appear to the county court reasonably sufficient to compensate the appellant for any expenses properly incurred in the prosecution of his appeal (including any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such an appeal) and in carrying on his defence at the magistrates' court, including any proceedings preliminary or incidental to the proceedings in that court.

(3)

Notwithstanding that the court makes no order under subsection (1)( b) for the payment of the costs of the appellant, it may, subject to section 6, order the payment by the respondent of such sums as, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, appear to the county court reasonably sufficient to compensate any person properly attending to give evidence for the appellant, or at the instance of the court, on an appeal against conviction to that court, or in proceedings preliminary or incidental to such appeal, whether or not he gives evidence, for the expense, trouble or loss of time properly incurred in, or incidental to, his attendance.

(4)

Where, under this section, a county court orders the payment of costs by—

(a)

the person who has appealed against the conviction, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates' court;

(b)

a prosecutor who is a private prosecutor, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as an order made by a magistrates' court in respect of a civil debt;

(c)

a prosecutor who is not a private prosecutor, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as is provided by section 25 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 for the payment of costs in civil proceedings.

[5AFees of required interpreter.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, where in any criminal proceedings an interpreter is required because of a defendant's lack of English, the expenses properly incurred on his employment shall, in accordance with rules made pursuant to section 7, be defrayed by the Department of Justice.]

6Effect of costs of legal aid.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sections 3, 4 and 5, where any costs of a defence or appeal are defrayable under [ Part III of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 ] or under [ section 28(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ]—

(a)

no order shall be made under section 3(1) or (5), 4(2) or 5(1)( b) or (3) in favour of the defendant or appellant; and

(b)

the appropriate court may, if the costs would, had any order been made under section 3(1) or 5(1)( b), have been payable to the defendant or appellant, as the case may be, by any person other than the Director of Public Prosecutions or any … department of the Government of Northern Ireland, order the prosecutor or the respondent, as the case may be, to pay to the Lord Chancellor the whole or any part of any costs of the defence or appeal defrayable by him under the said Order of 1981.

[7Rules relating to costs.

Rules of court, Crown Court rules, county court rules and magistrates' courts rules may provide for the rates or scales of payment [ or the taxation] of costs under sections 2 to 5 in so far as those sections relate to costs in the Court of Appeal, the Crown Court, county courts and magistrates' courts respectively.]

8Saving.

Nothing in this Act shall affect any other statutory provision requiring the payment of the costs of the prosecution or defence, or of an appeal, in respect of any offence, out of any assets, moneys or fund, or by any person other than the Director of Public Prosecutions or the prosecutor, defendant, appellant or respondent, as the case may be.

9Financial provisions.

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10Interpretation.(1)

In this Act—

“constable” means any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary acting as such …;

“the Ministry” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);

“private prosecutor” means a prosecutor in any prosecution other than a prosecution instituted by or on behalf of, or taken over by, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General or the Advocate General, or instituted by a constable, or by or on behalf of a department of the Government of Northern Ireland or of the United Kingdom;

“prosecutor” means the person by or on whose behalf the criminal proceedings were instituted;

“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(1A)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

Without prejudice to the definition of “costs” in section 46(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 , references in this Act to costs paid or defrayed, or ordered to be paid or defrayed, by any person under this Act shall be construed as including references to any sums so paid or defrayed, or ordered to be paid or defrayed, as compensation to, or expenses of, a witness or other person or as counsel's or solicitor's fees.

S. 11, with Schedule, effects repeals

12Short title and commencement.(1)

This Act may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

(2)

Commencement

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<notes source="#">
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21942931" marker="F1">
<p>
<ref eId="c00016" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/1/1">S. 1(1)</ref>
substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00017" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00018" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00019" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00020" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/3/2">Sch. 14 para. 3(2)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00021" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00017">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00022" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00023" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856331" marker="F2">
<p>
<ref eId="c00024" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/2003/ni13">2003 NI 13</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856341" marker="F3">
<p>SI 1973/2163</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21942951" marker="F4">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00025" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/1/3">s. 1(3)</ref>
substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00026" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00027" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00028" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00029" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/3/3">Sch. 14 para. 3(3)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00030" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00026">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00031" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00032" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856351" marker="F5">
<p>SI 1973/2163</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21942971" marker="F6">
<p>
<ref eId="c00033" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/2/1/a">S. 2(1)(a)</ref>
substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00034" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00035" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00036" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00037" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/4/2">Sch. 14 para. 4(2)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00038" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00034">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00039" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00040" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856361" marker="F7">
<p>
<ref eId="c00041" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1998/ni9">1998 NI 9</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856371" marker="F8">
<p>
<ref eId="c00042" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/26">2002 c.26</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856401" marker="F9">
<p>
<ref eId="c00043" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1988/ni16">1988 NI 16</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21942991" marker="F10">
<p>
<ref eId="c00044" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/3/1/i">S. 3(1)(i)</ref>
substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00045" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00046" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00047" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00048" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/5/2">Sch. 14 para. 5(2)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00049" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00045">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00050" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00051" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856431" marker="F11">
<p>
<ref eId="c00052" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1995/ni3">1995 NI 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856461" marker="F12">
<p>
<ref eId="c00053" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/47">1980 c.47</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943011" marker="F13">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00054" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/3/5">s. 3(5)</ref>
substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00055" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00056" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00057" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00058" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/5/3">Sch. 14 para. 5(3)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00059" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00055">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00060" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00061" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856481" marker="F14">
<p>SI 1982/159</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943071" marker="F15">
<p>
Words in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00063" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00064" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00065" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00066" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/6/2/a">Sch. 14 para. 6(2)(a)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00067" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00063">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00068" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00069" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943091" marker="F16">
<p>
Words in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00071" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00072" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00073" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00074" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/6/2/b">Sch. 14 para. 6(2)(b)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00075" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00071">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00076" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00077" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856511" marker="F17">
<p>
<ref eId="c00078" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2004">2004 NI 9</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856531" marker="F18">
<p>
<ref eId="c00079" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/47">1980 c.47</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856541" marker="F19">
<p>
<ref eId="c00080" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/23">1978 c.23</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856551" marker="F20">
<p>
<ref eId="c00081" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1986">1986 NI 4</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943111" marker="F21">
<p>
Words in s. 4(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00083" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00084" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00085" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00086" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/6/3">Sch. 14 para. 6(3)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00087" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00083">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00088" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00089" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856571" marker="F22">
<p>
<ref eId="c00090" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1988">1988 NI 16</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943131" marker="F23">
<p>
Words in s. 4(2A) substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00092" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00093" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00094" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00095" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/6/4">Sch. 14 para. 6(4)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00096" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00092">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00097" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00098" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943151" marker="F24">
<p>
Words in s. 4(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00100" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00101" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00102" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00103" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/6/5">Sch. 14 para. 6(5)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00104" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00100">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00105" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00106" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856641" marker="F25">
<p>
<ref eId="c00107" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/35">1995 c.35</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856281" marker="F26">
<p>
<ref eId="c00113" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1979/ni3">1979 NI 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856661" marker="F27">
<p>
<ref eId="c00114" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1980/ni3">1980 NI 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856671" marker="F28">
<p>
<ref eId="c00115" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/15">1973 c.15</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943241" marker="F29">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00116" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/5A">s. 5A</ref>
substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00117" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00118" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00119" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00120" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/7">Sch. 14 para. 7</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00121" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00117">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00122" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00123" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856691" marker="F30">
<p>
<ref eId="c00124" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1981/ni8">1981 NI 8</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856701" marker="F31">
<p>
<ref eId="c00126" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/47">1980 c.47</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943671" marker="F32">
<p>
Words in s. 6(b) substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00129" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00130" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00131" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00132" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/8">Sch. 14 para. 8</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00133" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00129">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00134" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00135" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856711" marker="F33">
<p>SI 1973/2163</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856721" marker="F34">
<p>SI 1982/159</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856741" marker="F35">
<p>
<ref eId="c00146" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/23">1978 c.23</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856751" marker="F36">
<p>SR 1979/90</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943731" marker="F37">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00147" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/8">s. 8</ref>
substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00148" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00149" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00150" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00151" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/9">Sch. 14 para. 9</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00152" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00148">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00153" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00154" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943751" marker="F38">
<p>
<ref eId="c00155" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/9">S. 9</ref>
omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of
<ref eId="c00156" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00157" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00158" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00159" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/10">Sch. 14 para. 10</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00160" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00156">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00161" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00162" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c16856781" marker="F39">
<p>SLR 1980</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943771" marker="F40">
<p>
<ref eId="c00163" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/10/1">S. 10(1)</ref>
: words in the definition of "private prosecutor" substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00164" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00165" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00166" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00167" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/11/2">Sch. 14 para. 11(2)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00168" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00164">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00169" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00170" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943791" marker="F41">
<p>
<ref eId="c00171" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/10/1A">S. 10(1A)</ref>
omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of
<ref eId="c00172" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00173" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00174" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00175" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/11/3">Sch. 14 para. 11(3)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00176" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00172">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00177" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00178" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c21943811" marker="F42">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00179" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/10/2">s. 10(2)</ref>
substituted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00180" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00181" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00182" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/12">12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00183" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/14/paragraph/11/4">Sch. 14 para. 11(4)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00184" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00180">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00185" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00186" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c20358821" marker="C1">
<p>
<ref eId="c00009" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/10/section/1">S. 1</ref>
applied (6.4.2008) by
<ref eId="c00010" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/27">Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00011" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/27/section/37">ss. 37</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00012" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/27/section/94/1">94(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00013" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/27/schedule/2/paragraph/20">Sch. 2 para. 20</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00014" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/755">S.I. 2008/755</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00015" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/755/article/15/1/g/h">art. 15(1)(g)(h)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c17225311" marker="M1">
<p>1980 N.I. 3</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c17225341" marker="M2">
<p>
<ref eId="c00125" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1981/ni8">1981 NI 8</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c17225321" marker="M3">
<p>
<ref eId="c00127" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/47">1980 c. 47</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="MarginNote" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="m00001" marker="M4">
<p>1980 c.47</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="MarginNote" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="m00002" marker="M5">
<p>1947 c.44</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="MarginNote" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="m00003" marker="M6">
<p>1954 c.33</p>
</note>
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<num>1</num>
<heading>Expenses of prosecution.</heading>
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(1)
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<ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p47" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21942931">Where any criminal proceedings are instituted by or on behalf of, or taken over by, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the costs of the prosecution of such proceedings (including any costs incurred in connection with any matter preliminary or incidental to, and with any appeal from, those proceedings) shall, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Department of Finance and Personnel, be defrayed in the first instance by the Director.</ins>
</p>
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<subsection eId="section-1-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>Except in the case of proceedings to which subsection (1) applies, the costs of the prosecution of any criminal proceedings (including any costs incurred in connection with any matter preliminary or incidental to, and with any appeal from, those proceedings) shall, subject to subsection (3), be defrayed in the first instance by the prosecutor.</p>
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. . . where the prosecutor is any …
<noteRef href="#c16856341" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
department of the Government of Northern Ireland, the costs to be defrayed by that department under subsection (2) shall be at such rates or of such amounts as may be generally or specially approved by the
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p70" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21942951">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21942951" class="commentary"/>
Department of Finance and Personnel
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.
<noteRef href="#c16856351" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
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<heading>Costs of prosecution in cases of conviction.</heading>
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<ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p89" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21942971">in the case of proceedings to which section 1(1) applies, to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and</ins>
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<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p107" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856361">
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(1A)
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<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856371" class="commentary"/>
eighteen
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<num>(ii)</num>
<content>
<p>in any other case, in the same manner as any fine which has been or might have been imposed, in respect of the offence for which the person has been convicted, by the court making the order.</p>
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<section eId="section-3">
<num>3</num>
<heading>Costs of defence in cases of acquittal, dismissal or discharge.</heading>
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Subject to the provisions of this section and of section 6, any court before which a person is prosecuted or tried (including a magistrates' court conducting the preliminary investigation of an indictable offence)
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or a judge of the Crown Court conducting a preparatory hearing under the Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988
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<p>Where a person committed for trial is not subsequently tried, the court to which he is committed shall have the same power to order payment of costs under this Act as if the accused had been tried and acquitted.</p>
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<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p211" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856401">
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(2A)
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<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p211" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856401">Where a notice of transfer is given under Article 3 of the Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988</ins>
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</ins>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p211" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856401"> but a person in relation to whose case it is given is not tried on a charge to which it relates, the Crown Court shall have the same power to order the payment of costs under this Act as if that person had been tried and acquitted.</ins>
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<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>The costs of the defence mentioned in subsection (1) shall, subject to subsection (4) and to rules pursuant to section 7, be such sums as appear to the court reasonably sufficient to compensate the accused for the expenses properly incurred by him in carrying on the defence (including, in the case of a trial, any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such trial) and to compensate any witness for the defence for the expense, trouble or loss of time properly incurred in, or incidental to, his attendance to give evidence.</p>
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<p>
Where an appellant is retried by virtue of an order under [
<noteRef href="#c16856461" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
section 6 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980
<noteRef href="#m00001" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="MarginNoteRef" class="commentary"/>
] and is acquitted on the retrial, the costs of the defence mentioned in subsection (1) shall include—
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>any costs which could have been ordered to be paid under this section by the court by which he was originally tried if he had been acquitted at the original trial; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>
if no order was made under section 4(2) of this Act or under [
<noteRef href="#c16856461" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
section 41(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980] in respect of his expenses on appeal, any sums for the payment of which such an order could have been made.
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>
Notwithstanding that the court makes no order under subsection (1) for the payment of the costs of the defence, it may, subject to section 6, order the payment by the
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p259" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943011">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943011" class="commentary"/>
Director of Public Prosecutions
</ins>
or the prosecutor, as the case may require, of such sums as, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, appear to the court reasonably sufficient to compensate any witness for the defence for the expense, trouble or loss of time properly incurred in, or incidental to, his attendance to give evidence.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<content>
<p>Unless the court otherwise directs, no sum shall be payable in pursuance of an order under this section to, or in respect of, any witness for the defence who is a witness to character only.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a court orders, under this section, payment of the costs of the defence, the order shall be enforceable—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-3-7-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<intro>
<p>where the prosecutor is a private prosecutor—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-3-7-a-i">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>if the court is a magistrates' court, in the same manner as an order made by a magistrates' court in respect of a civil debt; or</p>
</content>
</level>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<intro>
<blockContainer ukl:Name="BlockText">
<p>
<i>Sub-para. (ii) rep. by 1978 c. 23</i>
</p>
</blockContainer>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-3-7-a-iii">
<num>(iii)</num>
<content>
<p>in any other case, in the same manner as an order for the payment of costs made by the High Court in a civil case; or</p>
</content>
</level>
</hcontainer>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-3-7-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>
if the prosecutor is not a private prosecutor, in the same manner as is provided by section 25 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947
<noteRef href="#m00002" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="MarginNoteRef" class="commentary"/>
for the payment of costs in civil proceedings.
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-8">
<num>(8)</num>
<content>
<p>In this section, “witness” means a person properly attending to give evidence, whether or not he gives evidence; and a person called to give evidence at the instance of the court may, whether or not he is a witness for the defence, be made the subject of an order under subsection (5).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</hcontainer>
</section>
<section eId="section-4">
<num>4</num>
<heading>Costs awarded by Court of Appeal.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-4-1">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856481" class="commentary"/>
(1)
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">When the Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal or an application for leave to appeal, it may, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, order the appellant—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">to pay </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p334" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943071">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943071" class="commentary"/>
to the Director of Public Prosecutions or any other person the Court thinks appropriate
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481"> the whole or any part of the costs of the appeal or application, including any expenses payable </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p338" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943091">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943091" class="commentary"/>
by the Director of Public Prosecutions
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481"> by virtue of section 28(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">to pay to the Lord Chancellor the whole or any part of any expenses payable by the Lord Chancellor in respect of the appeal or application by virtue of the said section 28(2); and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p321" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856481">to pay the cost of any transcript of a record of proceedings made in accordance with rules of court under section 21 of that Act.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-1A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p355" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856511">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856511" class="commentary"/>
(1A)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p355" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856511">Where the Court of Appeal reverses or varies a ruling on an appeal under Part IV of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (prosecution appeals) it may, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, make such order as to the costs to be paid by the accused, to such person as may be named in the order, as it considers just and reasonable.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-1B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p355" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856511">(1B)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p355" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856511">Costs ordered to be paid under subsection (1A) may include the cost of any transcript of a record of proceedings made in accordance with rules of court under section 21 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
Without prejudice to the said [
<noteRef href="#c16856531" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
section 28(2)] but subject to section 6 of this Act, the [
<noteRef href="#c16856541" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Court of Appeal] may, when it allows an appeal against conviction, including an appeal against a finding of not guilty on the ground of insanity
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p379" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856551">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856551" class="commentary"/>
or a finding of unfitness to be tried
</ins>
, order the
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p383" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943111">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943111" class="commentary"/>
Director of Public Prosecutions or any other person the Court thinks appropriate
</ins>
to pay to the appellant the whole or any part of the costs of the appellant.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-2A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p387" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856571">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856571" class="commentary"/>
(2A)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p387" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856571">The Court may also order the </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p387" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856571">
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p394" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943131">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943131" class="commentary"/>
Director of Public Prosecutions or any other person the Court thinks appropriate
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p387" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856571"> to pay the costs of the appellant on an appeal under Article 8(11) of the Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p387" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856571">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p398" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856511">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856511" class="commentary"/>
or under Part IV of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (prosecution appeals)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p387" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856571">.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>
The costs of the appellant mentioned in
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p410" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856571">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856571" class="commentary"/>
subsections (2) and (2A)
</ins>
shall, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, be such sums as appear to the Court reasonably sufficient to compensate the appellant for any expenses properly incurred in the prosecution of his appeal (including any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such appeal) and in carrying on his defence at the court of trial, including any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such trial.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>
Where the [
<noteRef href="#c16856541" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Court of Appeal] orders the payment of costs under this section, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as an order for the payment of costs made by the High Court in a civil case but
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p422" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943151">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943151" class="commentary"/>
subject to section 25 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 where that section is applicable
</ins>
.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-5">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p426" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856641">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856641" class="commentary"/>
(5)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p426" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856641">Where section 47A of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (death of convicted person) applies, any reference in this section to the appellant includes the person approved under that section.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-4A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p436" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856281">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856281" class="commentary"/>
4A
</ins>
</num>
<heading>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p436" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856281">Costs in certain proceedings in High Court or Court of Appeal.</ins>
</heading>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p436" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856281">Where an order for the payment of costs is made in any criminal cause by the High Court or the Court of Appeal, not being an order under section 2 or 3, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as an order for the payment of costs made by the High Court in a civil case, but subject to section 25 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 where that section is applicable.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-5">
<num>5</num>
<heading>Costs awarded by county courts on appeals.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-5-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>
A county court, when exercising, in criminal appeals, the jurisdiction conferred on it by [
<noteRef href="#c16856661" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Part IV of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980
<noteRef href="#c17225311" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
], may—
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>when it dismisses an appeal, order, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, the appellant to pay to the respondent the whole or any part of the costs of the appeal; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>when it allows an appeal against conviction, order, subject to section 6, the respondent to pay to the appellant the whole or any part of the costs of the appellant.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
The costs of the appellant mentioned in subsection (1)(
<i>b</i>
) shall, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, be such sums as appear to the county court reasonably sufficient to compensate the appellant for any expenses properly incurred in the prosecution of his appeal (including any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such an appeal) and in carrying on his defence at the magistrates' court, including any proceedings preliminary or incidental to the proceedings in that court.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>
Notwithstanding that the court makes no order under subsection (1)(
<i>b</i>
) for the payment of the costs of the appellant, it may, subject to section 6, order the payment by the respondent of such sums as, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, appear to the county court reasonably sufficient to compensate any person properly attending to give evidence for the appellant, or at the instance of the court, on an appeal against conviction to that court, or in proceedings preliminary or incidental to such appeal, whether or not he gives evidence, for the expense, trouble or loss of time properly incurred in, or incidental to, his attendance.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>Where, under this section, a county court orders the payment of costs by—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>the person who has appealed against the conviction, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates' court;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>a prosecutor who is a private prosecutor, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as an order made by a magistrates' court in respect of a civil debt;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>a prosecutor who is not a private prosecutor, the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as is provided by section 25 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 for the payment of costs in civil proceedings.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-5A">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c16856671" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
[5A
</num>
<heading>Fees of required interpreter.</heading>
<content>
<p>
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, where in any criminal proceedings an interpreter is required because of a defendant's lack of English, the expenses properly incurred on his employment shall, in accordance with rules made pursuant to section 7, be defrayed by the
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p529" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943241">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943241" class="commentary"/>
Department of Justice
</ins>
.]
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-6">
<num>6</num>
<heading>Effect of costs of legal aid.</heading>
<intro>
<p>
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sections 3, 4 and 5, where any costs of a defence or appeal are defrayable under [
<noteRef href="#c16856691" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Part III of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
<noteRef href="#c17225341" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
] or under [
<noteRef href="#c16856701" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
section 28(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980
<noteRef href="#c17225321" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
]—
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>
no order shall be made under section 3(1) or (5), 4(2) or 5(1)(
<i>b</i>
) or (3) in favour of the defendant or appellant; and
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>
the appropriate court may, if the costs would, had any order been made under section 3(1) or 5(1)(
<i>b</i>
), have been payable to the defendant or appellant, as the case may be, by any person other than the
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p569" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943671">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943671" class="commentary"/>
Director of Public Prosecutions
</ins>
or any …
<noteRef href="#c16856711" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
department of the Government of Northern Ireland, order the prosecutor or the respondent, as the case may be,
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p575" ukl:CommentaryRef="c16856721">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c16856721" class="commentary"/>
to pay to the Lord Chancellor the whole or any part of any costs of the defence or appeal defrayable by him under the said Order of 1981
</ins>
.
</p>
</content>
</level>
</section>
<section eId="section-7">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c16856741" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
[7
</num>
<heading>Rules relating to costs.</heading>
<content>
<p>
Rules of court, Crown Court rules, county court rules and magistrates' courts rules may provide for the rates or scales of payment [
<noteRef href="#c16856751" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
or the taxation] of costs under sections 2 to 5 in so far as those sections relate to costs in the Court of Appeal, the Crown Court, county courts and magistrates' courts respectively.]
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-8">
<num>8</num>
<heading>Saving.</heading>
<content>
<p>
Nothing in this Act shall affect any other statutory provision requiring the payment of the costs of the prosecution or defence, or of an appeal, in respect of any offence, out of any assets, moneys or fund, or by any person other than the
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p602" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943731">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943731" class="commentary"/>
Director of Public Prosecutions
</ins>
or the prosecutor, defendant, appellant or respondent, as the case may be.
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-9">
<num>9</num>
<heading>Financial provisions.</heading>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c21943751" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-10">
<num>10</num>
<heading>Interpretation.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-10-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>In this Act—</p>
<blockList class="unordered none" ukl:Name="UnorderedList" ukl:Decoration="none">
<item>
<p>
“constable” means any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary acting as such …
<noteRef href="#c16856781" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>“the Ministry” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
“private prosecutor” means a prosecutor in any prosecution other than a prosecution instituted by or on behalf of, or taken over by,
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p647" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943771">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943771" class="commentary"/>
the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General or the Advocate General
</ins>
, or instituted by a constable, or by or on behalf of a department of the Government of Northern Ireland or of the United Kingdom;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>“prosecutor” means the person by or on whose behalf the criminal proceedings were instituted;</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(
<i>f</i>
) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-1A">
<num>(1A)</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c21943791" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
Without prejudice to the definition of “costs” in section 46(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954
<noteRef href="#m00003" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="MarginNoteRef" class="commentary"/>
, references in this Act to costs paid or defrayed, or ordered to be paid or defrayed, by
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p677" ukl:CommentaryRef="c21943811">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c21943811" class="commentary"/>
any person
</ins>
under this Act shall be construed as including references to any sums so paid or defrayed, or ordered to be paid or defrayed, as compensation to, or expenses of, a witness or other person or as counsel's or solicitor's fees.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<p>
<i>S. 11, with Schedule, effects repeals</i>
</p>
<section eId="section-12">
<num>12</num>
<heading>Short title and commencement.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-12-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>This Act may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-12-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
<i>Commencement</i>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>