Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 726

    (1)     This section applies to a proceeding under the care and protection chapters including—

        (a)     an interlocutory proceeding; and

        (b)     an appeal from a decision made under the care and protection chapters.

    (2)     A court exercising jurisdiction under this Act may, on application or on its own initiative, order someone's costs be paid if the hearing of a proceeding is adjourned because—

        (a)     someone else required to attend the hearing did not attend; or

        (b)     someone else contravened a direction or order of the court.

    (3)     A person who applies for an order for costs under this section must give a copy of the application to the party from whom the costs are sought.