6556
In forcePayment of costs
Chapter 6General rules for all proceedings
Part 6.8Service
Division 6.8.12Service under the Hague Convention
Subdivision 6.8.12.2Service abroad of local judicial documents
6556 Payment of costs
(1)
On receipt of a notice under rule 6555 (3), the legal practitioner or applicant must pay to the registrar the amount stated in the notice as the amount of the costs.
(2)
If the legal practitioner or applicant fails to pay the amount of the costs within 28 days after the day the notice is received—
(a)
except with the leave of the court, the applicant may not take a further step in the proceeding to which the local judicial document relates until the costs are paid; and
(b)
the registrar may take appropriate steps to enforce the undertaking for payment of the costs.
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