Procedure etc.20
1
Nothing in any transferred provision (as defined in section 1( g) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] ) shall authorise a county court to extend the time for bringing an appeal under Article 14.
2
Where—
a
the Secretary of State receives notice of any assignment, or of any act or event in the law, affecting any compensation;
b
the person entitled to compensation or to whom or for whose benefit any sum is payable under this Order is a minor or is out of the United Kingdom; or
c
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the address of such a person cannot be ascertained without undue expense or delay;
the Secretary of State may, in accordance with county court rules, pay the compensation or sum into such county court as appears to him to be appropriate.
3
A payment into court under paragraph (2)—
a
shall to that extent be a sufficient discharge to the Secretary of State; and
b
shall, subject to any county court rules regarding money paid into court under section 63 of the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 [1958 c.23] , be dealt with in accordance with the orders of the court.
4
Subject to Article 14(4) and to section 21A of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 [1947 c.44] , the county court may award costs to or against any party to or person appearing on any proceedings before it under this Order.
5
Without prejudice to section 22 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, an appeal from any order made by a county court on or in connection with any proceedings under this Order (except an application under Article 15) shall lie at the instance of—
a
the Secretary of State; or
b
any person who appeared or might have appeared on the hearing of those proceedings;
as if the order had been made in exercise of the jurisdiction conferred by Part III of the County Courts [F1 (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 [1980 NI 3] and the appeal were brought under Part VI of that Order].