Section 178 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Costs where intervener or counsel assisting court appears

178 Costs where intervener or counsel assisting court appears (1) This section applies to proceedings in any senior court or other court. (2) If the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General or any other person appears as an intervener or counsel to assist the court in any civil proceedings or in any proceedings on any appeal and argues any question of law or of fact arising in the proceedings, the court may, subject to the provisions of any other Act, make any order it thinks just— (a) as to the payment by any party to the proceedings of the costs incurred by the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General in so doing; or (b) as to the payment by any party to the proceedings or out of public funds of the costs incurred by any other person in so doing; or (c) as to the payment by the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General or that other person of any costs incurred by any of those parties by reason of his or her so doing. (3) If the court makes an order under subsection (2)(b), the Registrar of the court must forward a copy of the order to the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice who must make the payment out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose. Compare: 1908 No 89 s 99A