Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968

10Interpretation.N.I.

(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