Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS ACT 1992 - SECT 19

             (1)  The court may, on application by the person served, order that:

                     (a)  the party by whom or on whose behalf the process was served give such security as the court specifies for the first‑mentioned person's costs of and incidental to the proceeding; and

                     (b)  the proceeding be stayed until the security is given.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not limit the court's power to make an order requiring security for costs.