Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A party to a
dispute may apply to a conciliator for a costs order.
(2) An application
under subrule (1) must be accompanied by the following —
(a) a
statement in the Director approved form setting out the costs claimed by the
party;
(b)
evidence that the party has made a reasonable attempt to agree with each other
party to the dispute on the amount for which a costs order should be made;
(c)
copies of any document that is relevant to the costs claimed by the party.
(3) The conciliator
may make a costs order if, and only if, the conciliator is satisfied
that —
(a) the
dispute was resolved by conciliation; or
(b)
after conciliation of the dispute has ended —
(i)
the dispute was resolved by agreement between the
parties; or
(ii)
the dispute will not be the subject of an application for
arbitration under section 331 of the Act.