Tribunal to be chiefly responsible for resolving costs disputes
50 Tribunal to be chiefly responsible for resolving costs disputes
This section applies if a person starts any proceedings in or before any court in respect of a costs dispute and the costs dispute is one that could be heard by the Tribunal under this Division.
If a defendant in proceedings to which this section applies makes an application for the proceedings to be transferred, the proceedings must be transferred to the Tribunal in accordance with the regulations and are to continue before the Tribunal as if they had been instituted there.
This section has effect despite clauses 5 and 6 of Schedule 4 to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
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