(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations apply in relation to orders under Article 6A(3) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the Order”) that the Lord Chancellor make a payment in respect of the costs of a person in the proceedings. The Regulations provide for—
(a)when such an order cannot be made; [Regulation 3]
(b)when such an order is made, how the costs shall be determined. [Regulations 4, 5, 6 and 7]
Article 6A(3) of the Order applies where a court is prevented by Article 6A(1) of the Order from ordering a resident magistrate, a justice of the peace, or a clerk of petty sessions to pay costs in any proceedings in respect of any act or omission in the execution (or purported execution) of his duty as—
(a)such a magistrate or justice; or
(b)as such a clerk exercising, by virtue of any statutory provision, any of the functions of a magistrates' court.