Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973
sec.5Appeal Costs Fund
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sec.5 Appeal Costs Fund
The Appeal Costs Fund is continued in existence. Accounts for the fund must be kept as part of the departmental accounts of the department. Amounts received for the fund must be deposited in a departmental financial-institution account of the department but may be deposited in an account used for depositing other amounts of the department. The amounts received for the fund are amounts paid to the department as part of its vote under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and made available by the department for use under this Act. The amounts referred to in subsection (6) and sections 6 (6) and (8) , 9 , 20C , 20E , 22 , 23 and 24 , the costs of the staff employed under section 9 and the administration of this Act shall be paid out of the fund. In addition to any amount expressed by this Act to be payable out of the fund in any case, the board may allow such amount as it thinks fit to a party to any proceedings for the party’s costs of making application to the board under this Act and where the board allows those costs it shall include the amount thereof in any certificate referred to in section 14 . In this section— departmental accounts , of a department, means the accounts of the department under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 , section 69 . departmental financial-institution account , of a department, means an account of the department kept under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 , section 83 . other amounts , of a department, means amounts received by the department other than amounts received for the fund. s 5 amd 1999 No. 29 s 50 sch; 2002 No. 34 s 74 sch 6 ; 2003 No. 77 s 24 ; 2009 No. 9 s 136 sch 1 ; 2011 No. 7 s 14 ; 2013 No. 35 s 16 ; 2017 No. 17 s 12 ; 2023 No. 23 s 12 ; 2023 No. 23 s 23 (sec.5-ssec.1) The Appeal Costs Fund is continued in existence. (sec.5-ssec.2) Accounts for the fund must be kept as part of the departmental accounts of the department. (sec.5-ssec.3) Amounts received for the fund must be deposited in a departmental financial-institution account of the department but may be deposited in an account used for depositing other amounts of the department. (sec.5-ssec.4) The amounts received for the fund are amounts paid to the department as part of its vote under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and made available by the department for use under this Act. (sec.5-ssec.5) The amounts referred to in subsection (6) and sections 6 (6) and (8) , 9 , 20C , 20E , 22 , 23 and 24 , the costs of the staff employed under section 9 and the administration of this Act shall be paid out of the fund. (sec.5-ssec.6) In addition to any amount expressed by this Act to be payable out of the fund in any case, the board may allow such amount as it thinks fit to a party to any proceedings for the party’s costs of making application to the board under this Act and where the board allows those costs it shall include the amount thereof in any certificate referred to in section 14 . (sec.5-ssec.7) In this section— departmental accounts , of a department, means the accounts of the department under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 , section 69 . departmental financial-institution account , of a department, means an account of the department kept under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 , section 83 . other amounts , of a department, means amounts received by the department other than amounts received for the fund.