Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018

69 Costs orders against person responsible for act or default

(1) This section applies if, in proceedings brought by a person for obtaining a faculty, it appears to the court that another person who is party to the proceedings was responsible wholly or partly for an act or default in consequence of which the proceedings were brought.

(2) The court may order the whole or part of the costs and expenses of or consequent on the proceedings to be paid by the person responsible.

(3) The costs and expenses which may be included in an order under this section include costs and expenses incurred in carrying out any work authorised or ordered by the faculty, so far as such costs and expenses have been occasioned by the act or default concerned.

(4) The court may make an order under this section only if it is satisfied that the proceedings were brought no later than six years after the act or default was committed.