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FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 16
Costs and expenses etc relating to proceedings to which assisted person is a party
16 Costs and expenses etc relating to proceedings to which assisted person is
a party
(1) If a person is granted assistance under section 13, the court shall, in
making an order for costs-- (a) in favour of the assisted person--make the
same order (except against another assisted person) as the court would have
made in favour of the assisted person if the person had not been an
assisted person, or
(b) against the assisted person--make the same order
(except in favour of another assisted person) as the court would have made
against the assisted person if the person had not been an assisted person.
(2) If an order for costs is made in accordance with subsection (1) (a)-- (a)
the costs are payable to the Secretary instead of the person in whose favour
the order is made,
(b) the costs may be recovered by the Secretary as a debt
due to the Crown, and
(c) the costs, upon being paid to or recovered by the
Secretary, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(3) If an order for
costs is made in accordance with subsection (1) (b), the costs shall be paid
by the Secretary.
(4) Except in the case of costs payable to the Secretary,
money awarded by a court in favour of an assisted person is payable to the
person without deduction.
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