Criminal Appeals Act 2004

If the Attorney General is an appellant in proceedings under this Part, the Supreme Court must not order the Attorney General to pay the costs of any of the respondents, but the Supreme Court may order that a respondent be paid costs, and in such a case —

a registrar of the Supreme Court must give that respondent a certificate sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court showing the amount of the costs; and

the person may recover that amount in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due by the State.

If a JP or a police officer, acting in an official capacity, is a party to proceedings under this Part, the Supreme Court must not order that the JP or officer is to pay any costs.

Despite subsection (2), if a police officer is an appellant in an appeal under this Part and the decision appealed against —

is confirmed; or

if not confirmed, has in the opinion of the Supreme Court involved a point of law of exceptional public importance,

the Supreme Court must give that respondent a certificate sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court showing the amount of the costs; and

the person may recover that amount in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due by the State.