If the European Patent Office orders the payment of costs in any proceedings before it—
(a)in England and Wales the costs shall, if [F1the county court] so orders, be recoverable [F2 under section 85 of the County Courts Act 1984] or otherwise as if they were payable under an order of that court;
(b)in Scotland the order may be enforced in like manner as [F3a recorded decree arbitral][F3an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland.]
(c)in Northern Ireland the order may be enforced as if it were a money judgment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 93(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F2Words in s. 93(a) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 42 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F3Words commencing “an extract registered” substituted (S.) for the words “a recorded decree arbitral” by Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2), s. 108(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 20