Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (4):
"(4) An appeal under subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be initiated not later than 8 weeks after notice of the decision concerned was given to the person bringing the appeal.",
(b) in subsection (6), by adding the following paragraph after paragraph (b):
"(c) The Supreme Court may order that some or all of the costs of a person (other than a head) in relation to an appeal to that Court from a decision of the High Court under this section be paid by the public body concerned if it considers that a point of law of exceptional public importance was involved in the appeal and, but for this paragraph, that Court would not so order.",
and
(c) by deleting subsection (8).