SCHEDULE LEGAL AID: AMENDMENTS

The Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968
7 For section 4(1) there shall be substituted—

“1 When the Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal or an application for leave to appeal, it may, subject to rules made pursuant to section 7, order the appellant—
(a) to pay to the Secretary of State the whole or any part of the costs of the appeal or application, including any expenses payable by the Secretary of State by virtue of section 28(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980;
(b) to pay to the Lord Chancellor the whole or any part of any expenses payable by the Lord Chancellor in respect of the appeal or application by virtue of the said section 28(2); and
(c) to pay the cost of any transcript of a record of proceedings made in accordance with rules of court under section 21 of that Act.”

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