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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 102F

Costs

102F Costs

(1) A party to a dispute notified to the commission under this division must bear the party’s own costs in relation to the dispute.
(2) However, the commission may order a party (the
"first party" ) to pay costs incurred by another party in relation to the dispute if the commission is satisfied—
(a) the WHS matter the subject of the dispute is frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance; and
(b) the first party notified the dispute to the commission or has otherwise acted without reasonable cause in relation to the dispute.
(3) If the commission orders the payment of costs, the amount ordered may be recovered as a debt.
(4) Subsection (3) does not limit other ways in which amounts may be recovered on an order of the commission.



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