C37

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022), s. 7, not commenced as of date of revision.

F260[35I.—(1) Any costs or expenses reasonably incurred by a guardian ad litem in the exercise of his or her functions under this Act shall be paid by the Minister and the Minister may apply to the court to have the amount of any such costs or expenses measured or taxed.

(2) The court may, on the application to it in that behalf by the Minister, order a party to proceedings in which a guardian ad litem is appointed to pay to the Minister any costs or expenses payable by the Minister under subsection (1).

(3) In this section, "costs or expenses" means costs or expenses in respect of work done on or after the relevant date.]