Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Coroners Act 1985 - SECT 50

Enforcement of awards of costs

50. Enforcement of awards of costs



(1) All costs awarded to a person under section 49 are a debt due to that
person and recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) If a coroner makes an order as to costs, the person to whom payment is to
be made under the order may enforce the order by filing free of charge in the
Magistrates' Court, the County Court or the Supreme Court (as the case may
be)-

   (a)  a copy of the order certified by a coroner's clerk to be a true copy;
        and

   (b)  that person's affidavit as to the amount remaining unpaid under the
        order.



(3) On the filing of the documents referred to in subsection (2), judgment is
deemed to have been entered in the Magistrates' Court, the County Court or the
Supreme Court (as the case may be) for the sum mentioned in the affidavit as
being unpaid and may be enforced accordingly.