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(1)Except as provided by the M1Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or any other Northern Ireland legislation, no costs shall be allowed on the hearing and determination of an appeal under this Part of this Act, or of proceedings preliminary or incidental to such an appeal.
(2)[F1The following expenses, that is to say—]
F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the expenses of any witnesses attending on the order of the Court of Appeal, or examined in any proceedings incidental to the appeal;
(c)the expenses of the appearance of an appellant on the hearing of his appeal, or in proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto;
(d)all expenses of or incidental to any examination of witnesses conducted by a person appointed by the Court for the purpose; and
(e)all expenses of or incidental to any reference of a question to a special commissioner appointed by the Court, or of any person appointed as assessor to the Court [F3shall, up to an amount allowed by the Master (Taxing Office) be defrayed, F4... by the [F5Director of Public Prosecutions]].
[F6(2AA)The expenses of any solicitor or counsel assigned to a person pursuant to a grant of legal aid under section 19(1A) or (1B) of this Act shall, up to an amount allowed by the Master (Taxing Office), be defrayed by the Lord Chancellor.]
F7(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(2B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(2C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(2D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(2E). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(2F). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(2G). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Where in any proceedings on an appeal to the Court under this Part of this Act or preliminary or incidental to such an appeal an interpreter is required because of an appellant’s lack of English, the expenses properly incurred on his employment shall be defrayed by the [F8Department of Justice] up to an amount allowed by the Court.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by S.I. 1982/159, art. 4, Sch. para. 4
F2S. 28(2)(a) repealed (N.I.) (24.3.2016) by Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10)), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 (with art. 45); S.R. 2016/199, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2))
F3Words inserted by S.I. 1982/159, art. 4, Sch. para. 4
F4Words in s. 28(2) repealed (N.I.) (24.3.2016) by Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10)), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 (with art. 45); S.R. 2016/199, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2))
F5Words in s. 28(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 16(2) (with arts. 28-31)
F6S. 28(2AA) inserted (8.1.2007) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (2003 c. 44), ss. 331, 336, Sch. 36 Pt. 6 para. 93(3); S.I. 2006/3422, art. 2(c)
F7S. 28(2A)-(2G) repealed (N.I.) (24.3.2016) by Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10)), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 (with art. 45); S.R. 2016/199, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2))
F8Words in s. 28(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 16(3) (with arts. 28-31)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 28 applied (N.I.) (15.4.2016) by The Criminal Defence Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/198), arts. 1, 3(2)
C2Functions of the Secretary of State under s. 28(2) so far as relating to the expenses mentioned in para. (a) of that subsection now exercisable by the Lord Chancellor: S.I. 1982/159, arts. 2(1)(c), 4
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