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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/costs-in-criminal-cases-general-regulations-1986/regulation-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Determination of costs",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate authority shall consider the claim, any further particulars, information or documents submitted by the applicant under regulation 6 and shall allow such costs in respect of—\n(a) such work as appears to it to have been actually and reasonably done; and\n(b) such disbursements as appear to it to have been actually and reasonably incurred,\nas it considers reasonably sufficient to compensate the applicant for any expenses properly incurred by him in the proceedings.\n(2) In determining costs under paragraph (1) the appropriate authority shall taken into account all the relevant circumstances of the case including the nature, importance, complexity or difficulty of the work and the time involved.\n(3) When determining costs for the purposes of this regulation, there shall be allowed a reasonable amount in respect of all costs reasonably incurred and any doubts which the appropriate authority may have as to whether the costs were reasonably incurred or were reasonable in amount shall be resolved against the applicant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2009/2720",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2830",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2830",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2830",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1804",
      "affecting_title": "The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2012"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1335/regulation/7",
    "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."
}