1.—(1) The Official Solicitor shall conduct such investigations and render such assistance as may be authorised under these Rules or required by any direction of a court for the purpose of assisting the court in the due administration of justice.
(2) The Official Solicitor shall perform such duties as have heretofore been discharged by the General Solicitor for Northern Ireland.
(3) The Official Solicitor may discharge any functions analogous to those performed by the Official Solicitor in England and Wales, which are not the responsibility of some other officer or person in Northern Ireland.
2.—(1) The remuneration of the Official Solicitor shall be paid out of such fund to which the proceedings relate or by such parties as the court may by order direct.
(2) Where there is no fund out of which such remuneration may be paid and there is no party to the proceedings against whom an effective order for the payment of such remuneration may be made the court may order such remuneration to be paid by the Lord Chancellor.
(3) Such remuneration shall be ascertained on taxation or measured.