LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 353 Application for assessment of party/party costs

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 353

353 Application for assessment of party/party costs

(1) A person who has paid or is liable to pay, or who is entitled to receive or who has received, costs as a result of an order for the payment of an unspecified amount of costs made by a court or a tribunal may apply to the Manager, Costs Assessment for an assessment of the whole of, or any part of, those costs.

(2) A court or tribunal may direct the Manager, Costs Assessment to refer for assessment costs payable as a result of an order made by the court or tribunal. Any such direction is taken to be an application for assessment duly made under this Division.

(3) An application or direction under this section may not be made in relation to costs arising out of criminal proceedings in a court except as provided by section 257G of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 .

(4) An application or direction under this section may be made in relation to an application for and the issue of an apprehended violence order within the meaning of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 .