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Part IIE+W Cases where costs enforceable summarily as civil debt

Costs awarded by magistratesE+W

[F113E+WWhere a magistrates’ court makes an order as to costs to be paid by the prosecutor in exercise of any power in that behalf conferred by regulations made under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.]

14E+WWhere an appellant to [F2the Crown Court] from a magistrates’ court (otherwise than against conviction or sentence) abandons his appeal and the magistrates’ court orders him to pay costs to the other party to the appeal.

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15E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Costs awarded by assizes and quarter sessionsE+W

[F416E+WAny order for the payment of costs made by the Crown Court, other than an order falling within Part I above, or an order for costs to be paid out of money provided by Parliament.]

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F4Sch. 9 para. 16 substituted for paras. 16–20 by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 8 para. 60(4)

[F5 Costs awarded by Court of Appeal (criminal division)E+W

16AE+WWhere the criminal division of the Court of Appeal makes an order as to costs to be paid by the respondent or, in the case of an application for leave to appeal to the [F6Supreme Court], an applicant who was the respondent before the criminal division, and does so in exercise of any power in that behalf conferred by regulations made under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.]

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F6Words in Sch. 9 para. 16A substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 22; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

17–20E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

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F7Sch. 9 paras 17–20 repealed as provided in the Chronological Table of Statutes

21E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

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F8Sch. 9 paras. 8, 21 repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23, SIF 37), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

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