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991A Validation of particular orders for costs(1) This section applies to a costs order purportedly made by an Industrial Magistrates Court before 5 December 2014 in relation to a proceeding for an offence against this Act.(2) The making of the costs order is, and is taken to always have been, as valid as it would have been if amended section 837 had been in effect from 31 December 2004.(3) Anything done under the costs order is, and is taken to always have been, as valid as it would have been if amended section 837 had been in effect from 31 December 2004.(4) Subsections (2) and (3) have effect despite section 837(3) and the repealed Industrial Relations Act 1999 , section 319(3), as those provisions were in force from time to time before 5 December 2014.(5) In this section—
"amended section 837" means section 837 as amended by the Water Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 .
"costs order" means an order awarding a represented party for a proceeding costs of the representation.
"Industrial Magistrates Court" means an Industrial Magistrates Court under the repealed Industrial Relations Act 1999 .
"represented party" , for a proceeding, means a party to the proceeding, or a person ordered or permitted to appear or to be represented by a lawyer, who is represented by a lawyer.