(MC(CJ)R s 247; Qld r 680)
(1) The costs that the court may award—
(a) may be awarded at any stage of a proceeding or after the proceeding ends; and
(b) must be assessed in accordance with this part.
(2) If the court awards the costs of an application in a proceeding, it may order that the costs not be assessed until the proceeding ends.
Note 1 Application in a proceeding is defined in r 6006.
Note 2 The costs of the proceeding do not include the costs of an application in the proceeding, unless the court otherwise orders (see r 1720 (2) (Costs—general rule)).
Note 3 Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for an order under r (2).