Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ACT CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2008 - SECT 49

    (1)     The tribunal may award costs against a party for contravening an order under section 48 (2) (c) only if satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so.

    (2)     In deciding whether it is in the interests of justice to award costs, the tribunal must consider the following:

        (a)     whether the contravention was deliberate or could easily have been avoided;

        (b)     whether (and if so, the extent to which) the contravention has affected the tribunal's ability to hear the application promptly;

        (c)     the importance to the community of people being able to afford to bring applications to the tribunal.

    (3)     The tribunal may consider any other relevant matter.

    (4)     Costs are payable in accordance with the scale of costs in the rules under the Court Procedures Act 2004

applying in relation to the Supreme Court.