1Costs or expenses recoverable.#
(1)Where, in any proceedings to which this subsection applies, any costs of a litigant in person are ordered to be paid by any other party to the proceedings or in any other way, there may, subject to rules of court, be allowed on the taxation or other determination of those costs sums in respect of any work done, and any expenses and losses incurred, by the litigant in or in connection with the proceedings to which the order relates.
(2)Where, in any proceedings to which this subsection applies, any costs or expenses of a party litigant are ordered to be paid by any other party to the proceedings or in any other way, there may, subject to rules of court, be allowed on the taxation or other determination of those costs or expenses sums in respect of any work done, and any outlays and losses incurred, by the litigant in or in connection with the proceedings to which the order relates.
(3)An order under subsection (1) or (2) above shall be made by statutory instrument and shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(4)In this section “rules of court”—
(a)in relation to note. . . the Lands Tribunal for Scotland, means rules made under section 3 of the noteLands Tribunal Act 1949,
(b)in relation to the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland, means rules made under section 9 of the noteLands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964,
(ba)in relation to the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal, means Tribunal Procedure Rules, and
(c)in relation to any other tribunal specified in an order made under subsection (1) or (2) above, shall have the meaning given by the order as respects that tribunal.
(5)In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i) the expressions “county court”, “the High Court” and “ the Court of Appeal ” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them by section 29(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1962 note ;
(ii)the reference to the Lord Chancellor shall be construed as a reference to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland;
(b) in subsection (3) for “by statutory instrument” to “Parliament” there is substituted by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 note ; and is subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 note .
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