(1) The court may make an order that the person who brought the proceedings (the applicant ) pay some or all of the costs of another party, or other parties, to the proceedings.
(2) The court must consider making an order under subsection (1) if:
(a) the applicant has previously brought proceedings in relation to the primary order or another primary order in which the applicant alleged that the respondent committed a contravention of the primary order or that other primary order; and
(b) on the most recent occasion on which the applicant brought proceedings of the kind referred to in paragraph (a), the court before which the proceedings were brought:
(i) was not satisfied that the respondent had committed a contravention of the primary order or that other primary order; or
(ii) was satisfied that the respondent had committed a
contravention of the primary order or that other primary order but did not
make an order under section 70NBA, 70NDB, 70NDC, 70NEB or 70NFB in
relation to the contravention.