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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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.