"Act of 2001" means Children Act 2001;
"claim for costs" shall be construed in accordance with section 32;
"counterclaim" means, in proceedings against a State authority, a counterclaim made by that authority for compensation or damages where the matter in relation to which that counterclaim is made does not stand delegated to the Agency by virtue of an order under section 9(1) of the Act of 2000;
"costs" means fees, disbursements, charges and expenses and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes a bill of costs in respect of a barrister or solicitor or of a person who appears as an expert witness;
"delegated claim" means a claim for costs, or a claim for costs of a class, the management of which stands delegated to the Agency under subsection (1) of section 34 and which is not the subject of a direction under subsection (8) of that section;
"manage" means - (a) in relation to a claim for costs falling within paragraph (a) of the definition
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