# Firearms Act 1968, Paragraph 7


On the determination of the application, the court may make such order as to payment of costs as it thinks fit, and may fix a sum to be paid by way of costs in lieu of directing a taxation thereof, and any costs ordered to be paid by the court may be recovered summarily as a civil debt and shall not be recoverable in any other manner:
Provided that the chief officer of police shall not under this paragraph be ordered to pay the costs of the applicant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/schedule/3/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/schedule-3/paragraph-7
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