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7. For rule 10 (orders for costs) substitute—
10.—(1) The Upper Tribunal may not make an order in respect of costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) in proceedings referred by or on appeal from another tribunal except—
(a)in proceedings on appeal from the Tax Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal; or
(b)to the extent and in the circumstances that the other tribunal had the power to make an order in respect of costs (or, in Scotland, expenses).
(2) The Upper Tribunal may not make an order in respect of costs or expenses under section 4 of the Forfeiture Act 1982(1).
(3) In other proceedings, the Upper Tribunal may not make an order in respect of costs or expenses except—
(a)in judicial review proceedings;
(b)in proceedings transferred from the Tax Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal;
(c)under section 29(4) of the 2007 Act (wasted costs); or
(d)if the Upper Tribunal considers that a party or its representative has acted unreasonably in bringing, defending or conducting the proceedings.
(4) The Upper Tribunal may make an order for costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) on an application or on its own initiative.
(5) A person making an application for an order for costs or expenses must—
(a)send or deliver a written application to the Upper Tribunal and to the person against whom it is proposed that the order be made; and
(b)send or deliver with the application a schedule of the costs or expenses claimed sufficient to allow summary assessment of such costs or expenses by the Upper Tribunal.
(6) An application for an order for costs or expenses may be made at any time during the proceedings but may not be made later than 1 month after the date on which the Upper Tribunal sends—
(a)a decision notice recording the decision which finally disposes of all issues in the proceedings; or
(b)notice of a withdrawal under rule 17 which ends the proceedings.
(7) The Upper Tribunal may not make an order for costs or expenses against a person (the “paying person”) without first—
(a)giving that person an opportunity to make representations; and
(b)if the paying person is an individual and the order is to be made under paragraph (3)(a), (b) or (d), considering that person’s financial means.
(8) The amount of costs or expenses to be paid under an order under this rule may be ascertained by—
(a)summary assessment by the Upper Tribunal;
(b)agreement of a specified sum by the paying person and the person entitled to receive the costs or expenses (“the receiving person”); or
(c)assessment of the whole or a specified part of the costs or expenses incurred by the receiving person, if not agreed.
(9) Following an order for assessment under paragraph (8)(c), the paying person or the receiving person may apply—
(a)in England and Wales, to the High Court or the Costs Office of the Supreme Court (as specified in the order) for a detailed assessment of the costs on the standard basis or, if specified in the order, on the indemnity basis; and the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(2) shall apply, with necessary modifications, to that application and assessment as if the proceedings in the tribunal had been proceedings in a court to which the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 apply;
(b)in Scotland, to the Auditor of the Court of Session for the taxation of the expenses according to the fees payable in that court; or
(c)in Northern Ireland, to the Taxing Office of the High Court of Northern Ireland for taxation on the standard basis or, if specified in the order, on the indemnity basis.”
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