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Telecommunications Act 2001

Designated services and specified services - Supplementary provisions for all determinations

56: Parties' costs

You could also call this:

"Paying costs when you're involved in a dispute about telecommunications"

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When you are involved in a determination or application for a determination, you usually pay your own costs. The Commission can ask you to pay some or all of the other party's costs if they think you have caused extra costs or delays. The Commission will tell you in writing how much you need to pay.

If the Commission makes a direction, it will say how much each person must pay. You will know exactly how much you need to pay because the Commission will specify the amount. This helps make things clear for everyone involved.

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Part 2Designated services and specified services
Supplementary provisions for all determinations

56Parties' costs

  1. Subject to subsection (2), each party bears his or her own costs in relation to a determination or application for a determination.

  2. The Commission may, by written direction to a party to a determination, require that person to meet some or all of the other party's costs in respect of a determination or application for a determination if, in the opinion of the Commission, the party has materially contributed to any costs or unreasonable delay.

  3. The direction must specify the amount payable by each person.