Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a proceeding for enforcement of a registered NZ judgment is commenced in an Australian court, the following are recoverable in that proceeding :
(a) costs and expenses reasonably incurred by , or on behalf of , the entitled person in, or incidental t o, registration of the judgment ;
(b) costs and expenses reasonably incurred by , or on behalf of , the entitled person in attempting to enforce the judgment in the original court or tribunal .
(2) However, a n entitled p erson ' s entitlement to recover, and a liable person ' s liability to pay, the costs and expenses specified in paragraph ( 1)(b) are the same as they would be in a proceeding in that Australian court for enforcement of:
(a) a judgment given by the Australian court that is similar to the registered NZ judgment ; or
(b) if there is no such similar judg ment , a judgment given by the Australian court that is m ost analogous to the registered NZ judgment .