Victorian Current Acts

CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS CONTROL ACT 2012 - SECT 135B

    (1)     In relation to an application referred to in section 9(1)—

        (a)     the applicant must bear the applicant's own costs; and

        (b)     the respondent must bear the respondent's own costs; and

        (c)     a person who, under section 17 or 41, makes an objection to the application must bear their own costs.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), the Court may award costs against a person referred to in that subsection if the person has—

        (a)     made an application or objection that the Court considers frivolous or vexatious; or

        (b)     by an unreasonable act or omission caused the other person to incur costs in relation to the application or objection.

    (3)     If the Court awards costs against an unincorporated body or association under subsection (2), each member of the body or association is jointly and severally liable for those costs.

S. 135C inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 85.