Court Proceedings (Delays) Act 2024
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Costs in application under section 24 where assessment not accepted by applicant | ||
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28. (1) Where the Circuit Court determines under section 24 (6)(b) that an amount of compensation is payable to the applicant, and the amount so determined does not exceed the amount of compensation determined under section 17 to be payable to the applicant in respect of the same relevant proceedings, the Court, in making an order under section 24 (6)(c), may do either or both of the following: | ||
(a) make no order as to the payment of costs to the applicant; | ||
(b) order the applicant to pay all or a portion of the costs of one, or more than one, of the respondents. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where— | ||
(a) the Circuit Court considers there is good reason for not applying the subsection, or | ||
(b) in relation to the assessment referred to in subsection (1)— | ||
(i) the applicant and the Minister have each confirmed, under section 18 (1)(b)(ii), that he or she does not accept the assessment concerned, or | ||
(ii) the Minister is deemed under section 19 (2) not to have accepted the assessment. |