Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2014 - SECT 132

    (1)     The Tribunal may make a costs order.

    (2)     Before making the costs order the Tribunal must take into account:

        (a)     the main objectives of the Tribunal that are relevant to simplifying proceedings and issues before the Tribunal and to keeping costs to parties in proceedings before the Tribunal to a minimum; and

        (b)     the need to ensure that proceedings are fair and that parties are not disadvantaged by proceedings that have little or no merit; and

        (ba)     the expectation that a party who has substantially succeeded against another party would normally recover:

            (i)     any fee paid by the successful party that was required under this Act; and

            (ii)     any fee paid by the successful party to serve documents, conduct a search or obtain a similar service, if it was necessary and reasonable to make or respond to an application; and

        (c)     if the Tribunal has dismissed the proceeding – that fact; and

        (d)     any other matter specified by the rules; and

        (e)     any other matter the Tribunal considers relevant.

    (3)     If the Tribunal makes a costs order and does not fix the amount of costs, that amount is to be determined in accordance with the rules.