MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 153
Other matters relating to costs
MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 153
Other matters relating to costs
153 Other matters relating to costs
(1) Any order of a court as to costs is to be made consistently with the
relevant provisions of or made under this Act. However, the court may make an
order that departs from those provisions in an exceptional case and for the
avoidance of substantial injustice.
(2) Subject to the regulations and rules
of court where relevant, if costs are awarded to a claimant by reference to
the amount recovered by the claimant, that amount is to be taken to be the
amount recovered as qualified, or after making any deduction or reduction, in
accordance with or by reference to Chapter 5.
(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the assessment
or taxation of costs and any associated matters, and may do so by reference to
the provisions of any Act.
