Section seventeen of the M1Judgments Act 1838 (which provides that a judgment debt shall carry interest) F1and section 44A of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 (which enables the court to order an appropriate rate for a judgment debt expressed in a currency other than sterling) shall apply to judgment debts due from or to the Crown.

Where any costs are awarded to or against the Crown in the High Court, interest shall be payable upon those costs unless the court otherwise orders, and any interest so payable shall be at the same rate as that at which interest is payable upon judgment debts due from or to the Crown.

F2Section 35A of the F3Senior Courts Act 1981F3 and F4section 69 of the County Courts Act 1984 (which respectively empower the High Court and F5the county court to award interest on debts and damages) and section 3 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 (which empowers other courts of record to do so) shall apply to judgments given in proceedings by and against the Crown.

This section shall apply both in relation to proceedings pending at the commencement of this Act and in relation to proceedings instituted thereafter.