Article 4 Magistrates' courts feesI1

Subject to paragraph (3) the fees set out in Schedule 1 shall be payable in respect of the items set out opposite thereto.

The fee prescribed by this Order in respect of any proceeding shall be payable by the party at whose instance the proceeding is taken and, except in the case of the proceedings referred to in Article 5(4), before the proceeding is taken.

The fees set out in Schedule 1 shall be remitted where such fees, if taken, would be payable by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the armed forces of the Crown.

For the purpose of any enactment relating to the recovery of costs or fees any fee which would but for paragraph (3) have been paid shall be deemed to have been paid.