Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Costs Against Legal Representatives in Civil Proceedings) Rules 1991 and shall come into force on 14th October 1991.

In these Rules:—

• “interested party” means the party benefiting from the wasted costs order and, where he is a legally assisted person, within the meaning of section 2(11) of the 1988 Act, the Legal Aid Board;

• “the 1988 Act” means the Legal Aid Act 1988^f1;

• “wasted costs order” means any action taken by a court under section 145A of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.