(1)  A magistrate may, on the hearing of an application under section 15 , award costs to any party to the application, and may assess the amount of those costs.

(2)  Where costs are awarded by a magistrate pursuant to this section, those costs are recoverable in the same manner as to costs ordered to be paid to a complainant or defendant in a conviction or an order under the Justices Act 1959 .

(3)  In the application to costs awarded pursuant to this section of the provisions of the Justices Act 1959 , any reference in those provisions to a justice, or to 2 or more justices, shall be construed as a reference to a magistrate.