Section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (costs in civil division of Court of Appeal, High Court, family court and county court) is amended as follows.
After subsection (7) (wasted costs) insert—
(7A)Where the court exercises a power under subsection (6) in relation to costs incurred by a party, it must inform such of the following as it considers appropriate— (a) an approved regulator; (b) the Director of Legal Aid Casework.
After subsection (12) insert—
(12A)In subsection (7A)— “approved regulator” has the meaning given by section 20 of the Legal Services Act 2007; “the Director of Legal Aid Casework” means the civil servant designated under section 4 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.