The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

[F1 Costs and expenses N.I.

85A.— (1) Regulations under Article 84 may include provision—

(a) for the award of costs;

(b) for the award of any allowances payable under Article 83(2).

(2) Regulations under paragraph (1) may include provision authorising the Tribunal to have regard to a person's ability to pay when considering the making of an award against him under such regulations.

(3) The regulations may include provision for authorising the Tribunal—

(a) to disallow all or part of the costs of a representative of a party to proceedings before it by reason of that representative's conduct of the proceedings;

(b) to order a representative of a party to proceedings before it to meet all or part of the costs incurred by a party by reason of the representative's conduct of the proceedings;

(c) to order a representative of a party to proceedings before it to meet all or part of any allowances payable by the Department under Article 83(2) by reason of the representative's conduct of the proceedings.

(4) The regulations may also include provision for taxing or otherwise settling the costs referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (3)(b) (and, in particular for enabling such costs to be taxed in the county court).]

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