Court Procedures Rules 2006

This rule applies if a party given a notice under rule 3955, rule 3956 or rule 3957 does not accept the amount of compensation mentioned in the notice within a reasonable time after receiving the notice.

The party may accept the amount at any time before the arbitration starts.

However, if the party accepts the amount, the party is liable to pay the costs the court is satisfied were reasonably incurred by the employer after the day the employer filed the notice or made the payment into court.

Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for an order under this rule.

The court may order that the costs payable by a party under subrule (3) be set off against any costs payable to the party, or be deducted from any amount awarded to the party.