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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205</dc:identifier><dc:title>Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision in relation to planning; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-05-15</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2023-12-26</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/body" NumberOfProvisions="256" RestrictExtent="N.I." RestrictStartDate="2021-05-26"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/part/9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/part/9" NumberOfProvisions="4" id="part-9" RestrictStartDate="2021-05-26"><Number><CommentaryRef Ref="key-0cc3b54ccea89a9fd90c4f0ad56a0950"/><Strong>Part 9</Strong></Number><Title>The Planning Appeals Commission</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2015-04-01"><Title>Power to award costs</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205" id="section-205"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-d2fd91b17df3cc6c86d893aa492cec19"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-6b4c71b6abd29b2b29dcc5951197c602"/>205</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/1" id="section-205-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The appeals commission may make an order as to the costs of the parties to an appeal under any of the provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection (2) and as to the parties by whom the costs are to be paid.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/2" id="section-205-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The provisions are—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/2/a" id="section-205-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>sections 58, 60, 96, 97, 115, 143, 159, 165 and 173;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/2/b" id="section-205-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>sections 96 and 97 (as applied by section 105(6));</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/2/c" id="section-205-2-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>in Schedule 2, paragraph 6(11) and (12) and paragraph 11(1);</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/2/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/2/d" id="section-205-2-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>in Schedule 3, paragraph 9.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/3" id="section-205-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>An order made under this section shall have effect as if it had been made by the High Court.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/4" id="section-205-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), the Master (Taxing Office) shall have the same powers and duties in relation to an order made under this section as the Master has in relation to an order made by the High Court.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/205/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/section/205/5" id="section-205-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Proceedings before the appeals commission shall, for the purposes of the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975 (c. 47), be regarded as proceedings to which section 1(1) of that Act applies.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-d2fd91b17df3cc6c86d893aa492cec19" Type="I"><Para><Text>S. 205 in operation at 13.2.2015 for specified purposes  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/49" id="ckdx5y3e2-01709" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2015" Number="49" Title="The Planning (2011 Act) (Commencement No.3) and (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015">S.R. 2015/49</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ckdx5y3e2-01710" CitationRef="ckdx5y3e2-01709" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/49/article/2" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="ckdx5y3e2-01711" CitationRef="ckdx5y3e2-01709" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/49/schedule/1" SectionRef="schedule-1" Operative="true">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-6b4c71b6abd29b2b29dcc5951197c602" Type="I"><Para><Text>S. 205 in operation at 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/49" id="cpiaccpc2-00832" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2015" Number="49" Title="The Planning (2011 Act) (Commencement No.3) and (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015">S.R. 2015/49</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cpiaccpc2-00833" CitationRef="cpiaccpc2-00832" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/49/article/3" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cpiaccpc2-00834" CitationRef="cpiaccpc2-00832" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/49/schedule/1" SectionRef="schedule-1" Operative="true">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cpiaccpc2-00835" CitationRef="cpiaccpc2-00832" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/49/schedule/2" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>) (as amended (16.3.2016) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/159" id="cpiaccpc2-00836" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2016" Number="159">S.R. 2016/159</Citation>, art. 2)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-0cc3b54ccea89a9fd90c4f0ad56a0950" Type="C"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="part-9" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/25/part/9" id="cpp5pbt82-00165">Pt. 9</CitationSubRef>: transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/76" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2016" Number="76" Title="The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016" id="cpp5pbt82-00166">The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/76/article/1/2" CitationRef="cpp5pbt82-00166" id="cpp5pbt82-00167">art. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule-1-part-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/76/schedule/1/part/5" CitationRef="cpp5pbt82-00166" Operative="true" id="cpp5pbt82-00168">Sch. 1 Pt. 5</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-9-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/76/article/9/2" CitationRef="cpp5pbt82-00166" id="cpp5pbt82-00169">art. 9(2)</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>