Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00519:section:12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00519
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 12
Character Range: 10861–11681

12  Exercising discretion to award costs
 (1) In exercising a discretion to award costs in a civil proceeding in an eligible court, the court, Judge or other person exercising the discretion may take account of:
 (a) whether a person who was required to file a genuine steps statement under Part 2 in the proceedings filed such a statement; and
 (b) whether such a person took genuine steps to resolve the dispute.
 (2) In exercising a discretion to award costs in a civil proceeding in an eligible court, the court, Judge or other person exercising the discretion may take account of any failure by a lawyer to comply with the duty imposed by section 9.
 (3) If a lawyer is ordered to bear costs personally because of a failure to comply with section 9, the lawyer must not recover the costs from the lawyer's client.