Part III Miscellaneous and General
Legal Proceedings
107 Costs and expenses in proceedings before the comptroller.
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The comptroller may, in proceedings before him under this Act, by order award to any party such costs or, in Scotland, such expenses as he may consider reasonable and direct how and by what parties they are to be paid.
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The comptroller may make an order for security for costs or expenses against any party to proceedings before him under this Act if—
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the prescribed conditions are met, and
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he is satisfied that it is just to make the order, having regard to all the circumstances of the case;
and in default of the required security being given the comptroller may treat the reference, application or notice in question as abandoned.
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In Northern Ireland any order under this section for the payment of costs may be enforced as if it were a money judgment.