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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/costs-in-criminal-cases-general-regulations-1986/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1335",
  "legislation_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986",
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  "path": "regulation/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application and definitions",
  "text": "This Part of these Regulations applies to costs payable out of central funds in pursuance of an order made under or by virtue of Part II of the Act and in this Part of these Regulations—\n“applicant” means the person in whose favour a costs order has been made;\n“appropriate authority” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 5;\n“costs order” means an order made under or by virtue of Part II of the Act for the payment of costs out of central funds;\n“disbursements” do not include any payment made out of central funds to a witness, interpreter or medical practitioner in accordance with Part V of these Regulations;\n“presiding judge” means the judge who presided at the hearing in respect of which the costs are payable; and\n“taxing master” means a taxing master of the Supreme Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2830",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2830",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013"
    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2096",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2448",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1335/regulation/4",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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