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Copyright Act 1994

Copyright Tribunal - Jurisdiction and procedure

222: Costs

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"Who pays the costs when you go to the Tribunal about a copyright issue"

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When you go to the Tribunal about a copyright issue, they can decide who pays the costs. The Tribunal can make an order about costs and you can file this order in the District Court. The District Court can then enforce this order like a judgment.

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Part 10Copyright Tribunal
Jurisdiction and procedure

222Costs

  1. The Tribunal, in any proceedings before it under this Act, may make such order as to costs as it thinks fit.

  2. Any such order as to costs may be filed in the District Court and may be enforced as a judgment of that court.

Compare
  • 1962 No 33 s 46
Notes
  • Section 222(2): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).