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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-55/rule-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-55/rule-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/55/rule/7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Exercise of discretion in respect of costs",
  "text": "(1) In any suit or proceedings for which no scale of costs is prescribed, the amount of costs shall be in the discretion of [ the judge or district judge as the case may be].\n(2) Where, in any suit or proceedings for which a scale of costs is prescribed, [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] is satisfied that any party has unreasonably and for the primary purpose of increasing his costs included in his claim an amount in respect of any undisputed loss or damage, [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may reduce the amount of costs payable to that party by such amount as he shall think fit.\n[(3) The costs awarded on any application under Article 14 of the 1988 Order shall be in the discretion of [ the judge or district judge as the case may be].\n(4) The costs awarded on an application under—\n(a) Article 7(3), 8(1), 16(1) or 16(4) of the 1977 Order;\n(b) Article 15, 16(6), 17 or 18(4) of the 1988 Order;\n(c) section 28(4) of the 1978 Act or section 63(3) of the 1991 Act,\nshall be in the discretion of [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] both as to incidence and amount.\n(5) In this Order—\n“the 1977 Order” means the Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;\n“the 1978 Act” means the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978;\n“the 1988 Order” means the Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988;\n“the 1991 Act” means the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991.];",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraphs inserted by S.R. 1992 No. 248 with effect from 01.07.92"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1977 No. 1247 (N.I. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1978 c. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1988 No. 793 (N.I. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1991 c. 24"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/55/rule/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}