Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Appeal Costs Act 1998 - SECT 15

Application for indemnity certificate by respondent if the Crown or DPP appeals

15. Application for indemnity certificate by respondent if the Crown or DPP
appeals



(1) If an appeal is instituted under-

   (a)  section 567A of the Crimes Act 1958; or

   (b)  section 84 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989; or

   (c)  section 424(3) of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005-

the respondent to that appeal may apply to the Court of Appeal or the County
Court (as the case requires) for, and the court may grant, an indemnity
certificate in respect of the respondent's own costs of the appeal.

(2) A respondent granted an indemnity certificate under subsection (1) is
entitled to be paid by the Board, on an application made to it by the
respondent in the approved form, an amount equal to the respondent's own costs
of the appeal that the Board considers to have been reasonably incurred.