Criminal Justice Act 1967

28 In section 8(3) (costs on application for leave to appeal to House of Lords), as it applies to England and Wales, after the word " payment " in paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the words " to the defendant " ; and the following shall be added at the end of the subsection:—

“Any amount ordered to be paid under this subsection shall, except where it is a specific amount ordered to be paid towards the defendant's expenses as a whole or, as the case may be, towards the costs of his application as a whole, be ascertained as soon as practicable—

(i) where the order is made by the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, by the registrar of criminal appeals ; and

(ii) where it is made by the House of Lords, by such officer or officers, and in such manner, as may be prescribed by order of that House ;

and, in the case of an order under paragraph (b), the said amount shall be payable to such person as may be named in the order.”