# The Justices and Justices' Clerks (Costs) Regulations 2001, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“claim” means a claim for costs made by the receiving party;
“costs judge” means a taxing master of the Supreme Court;
“order” means an order of the court made under section 53A(3) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 that the Lord Chancellor make a payment in respect of the costs of a person in the proceedings;
“proceedings” means proceedings in respect of any act or omission of a justice of the peace or a justices' clerk in the execution (or purported execution) of his duty—
(i) as a single justice; or
(ii) as a justices' clerk exercising, by virtue of any statutory provision, any of the functions of a single justice;
“receiving party” means the person in whose favour the order is made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1296/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-and-justices-clerks-costs-regulations-2001/regulation-2
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