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APPEAL COSTS ACT 1998 - SECT 31A

Scope of indemnity certificate

    (1)     An indemnity certificate granted under this Act may be expressed as applying, subject to the court's discretion, to limited or specific costs of an appeal or trial.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), a certificate expressed as applying to limited or specific costs of an appeal may be expressed as—

        (a)     applying or not applying to a stated part of an appeal or a trial; or

        (b)     applying or not applying in respect of the fees of a particular Australian legal practitioner or law practice (within the meaning of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria)); or

        (c)     applying or not applying to specified items in a scale of costs; or

        (d)     applying to a limited time period; or

        (e)     as provided in any combination of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d).

    (3)     A certificate that contains no written limitation or specifications under subsection (1) is taken to apply without limitation, subject to this Act.

Note

See also section 37.



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