Commentary on Sections Post-Conviction Powers Section 45: Orders for reimbursement of expenses: right of appeal for non-offenders
181.This section provides that where an order for the reimbursement of expenses is made under section 36(1)(e), 37(3)(e), 38(3)(e) or 39(1) against a person other than the person convicted of an offence under the Act, that person will have a right of appeal against the order. The convicted person will already have such a right of appeal by virtue of the Magistrates Courts Act 1980.