(1)In this Act—
“constable” means any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary acting as such …F1;
“the Ministry” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);
“private prosecutor” means a prosecutor in any prosecution other than a prosecution instituted by or on behalf of, or taken over by, [F2the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General or the Advocate General], or instituted by a constable, or by or on behalf of a department of the Government of Northern Ireland or of the United Kingdom;
“prosecutor” means the person by or on whose behalf the criminal proceedings were instituted;
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
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(2)Without prejudice to the definition of “costs” in section 46(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] , references in this Act to costs paid or defrayed, or ordered to be paid or defrayed, by [F4any person] under this Act shall be construed as including references to any sums so paid or defrayed, or ordered to be paid or defrayed, as compensation to, or expenses of, a witness or other person or as counsel's or solicitor's fees.
F1SLR 1980
F2S. 10(1): words in the definition of "private prosecutor" substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 11(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
F3S. 10(1A) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 11(3) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
F4Words in s. 10(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 11(4) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)