25 Payment of costs of representation under this Part.E+W
(1)Where representation under this Part has been granted to any person the costs of representing him shall be paid—
(a)by the Lord Chancellor, or
(b)by the Board,
as the Lord Chancellor may direct.
(2)Subject to regulations, the costs of representing any person under this Part shall include sums on account of the fees payable to his [F1legal representative] and disbursements reasonably incurred by his [F1legal representative] for or in connection with his representation.
(3)The costs required by this section to be paid in respect of representing him shall not include any sum in respect of allowances to witnesses attending to give evidence in the proceedings for the purposes of which he is represented in any case where such allowances are payable under any other enactment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 25(2) substituted (1.4.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 63(4); S.I.1991/608, art. 2, Sch.