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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/costs-in-criminal-cases-general-regulations-1986/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1335",
  "legislation_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/costs-in-criminal-cases-general-regulations-1986",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "The appropriate authority",
  "text": "(1) Costs shall be determined by the appropriate authority in accordance with these Regulations.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the appropriate authority shall be—\n(a) the registrar of criminal appeals in the case of proceedings in the Court of Appeal,\n(b) the master of the Crown Office in the case of proceedings in a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division,\n(c) an officer appointed by the Lord Chancellor in the case of proceedings in the Crown Court,\n(d) the justices' clerk in the case of proceedings in a magistrates' court.\n(3) The appropriate authority may appoint or authorise the appointment of determining officers to act on its behalf under these Regulations in accordance with directions given by it or on its behalf.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2448",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2020/100",
      "affecting_title": "The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1335/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:43:45.005374+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}