28 Costs.U.K.
(1)Except as provided by the Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or any other Northern Ireland legislation, no costs shall be allowed on the hearing and determination of an appeal under this Part of this Act, or of proceedings preliminary or incidental to such an appeal.
(2)[The following expenses, that is to say—]
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the expenses of any witnesses attending on the order of the Court of Appeal, or examined in any proceedings incidental to the appeal;
(c)the expenses of the appearance of an appellant on the hearing of his appeal, or in proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto;
(d)all expenses of or incidental to any examination of witnesses conducted by a person appointed by the Court for the purpose; and
(e)all expenses of or incidental to any reference of a question to a special commissioner appointed by the Court, or of any person appointed as assessor to the Court [shall, up to an amount allowed by the Master (Taxing Office) be defrayed, ... by the [Director of Public Prosecutions]].
[(2AA)The expenses of any solicitor or counsel assigned to a person pursuant to a grant of legal aid under section 19(1A) or (1B) of this Act shall, up to an amount allowed by the Master (Taxing Office), be defrayed by the Lord Chancellor.]
(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2E). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2F). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2G). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Where in any proceedings on an appeal to the Court under this Part of this Act or preliminary or incidental to such an appeal an interpreter is required because of an appellant’s lack of English, the expenses properly incurred on his employment shall be defrayed by the [Department of Justice] up to an amount allowed by the Court.
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