Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 1700

In this part:

"costs of the proceeding", for a proceeding, means costs of all the issues in the proceeding, and includes—

        (a)     costs ordered to be costs of the proceeding; and

        (b)     costs of complying with the necessary steps before starting the proceeding; and

        (c)     costs otherwise incurred for the purpose and benefit of the proceeding before starting the proceeding; and

        (d)     costs incurred before or after the start of the proceeding for successful or unsuccessful negotiations for settlement of the dispute.

Note 1     The costs of the proceeding include the costs of an application in the proceeding, unless the court otherwise orders (see r 1721 (2) (Costs—general rule)).

Note 2     This definition also applies outside this part.

"party" includes a person not a party to a proceeding by or to whom assessed costs of the proceeding are payable.

"prescribed scale of costs" means the scale of costs in schedule 4 (Scale of costs).

"trustee" includes a personal representative of a deceased individual.