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Section 21.
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F1Words substituted by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), s. 56(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II
1E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
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F2Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1 repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
2E+W+SNotice of the application, signed by the applicant or by his agent on his behalf and stating the general grounds of the application, shall be given by him to the [F3appropriate officer of the Crown Court] and also to the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant resides.
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F3Words substituted by virtue of Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 2
3E+W+SOn receiving notice of the application the [F4appropriate officer of the Crown Court] shall enter the application and give notice to the applicant, and to the chief officer of police to whom the notice of the application is required by paragraph 2 of this Schedule to be given, of the date, time and place fixed for the hearing; but the date shall not be less than twenty-one clear days after the date when the [F4appropriate officer of the Crown Court] received the notice of the application.
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F4Words substituted by virtue of Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 2
4E+W+SThe applicant may at any time, not less than two clear days before the date fixed for the hearing, abandon his application by giving notice in writing to the [F5appropriate officer of the Crown Court] and to the chief officer of police; and if he does so the [F6Crown Court] (hereafter in this Schedule referred to as “the court”) may order the applicant to pay to the chief officer of police such costs as appear to it to be just and reasonable in respect of expenses properly incurred by him in connection with the application before notice of abandonment was given to him.
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F5Words substituted by virtue of Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 2
F6Words substituted by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), s. 56(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II
5E+W+SThe chief officer of police may appear and be heard on the hearing of the application.
6E+W+SThe court may from time to time adjourn the hearing of the application.
7E+W+SOn the determination of the application, the court may make such order as to payment of costs as it thinks fit, and may fix a sum to be paid by way of costs in lieu of directing a taxation thereof, and any costs ordered to be paid by the court may be recovered summarily as a civil debt and shall not be recoverable in any other manner:
Provided that the chief officer of police shall not under this paragraph be ordered to pay the costs of the applicant.
8E+W+SThe application shall be made to the sheriff within whose jurisdiction the applicant resides.
9E+W+SNot less than twenty-one days’ notice of the application shall be given to the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant resides.
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