The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
These Regulations amend regulation 14(3) of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1335) (“the 1986 Regulations”). Regulation 14(3) extends the application of section 18 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) to allow the Crown Court and a magistrates’ court to make an order for costs against an offender in respect of certain categories of proceedings not already covered by section 18.