54Costs

#### 54 Costs 54 Costs (cf Act No 43 1983, section 16) > > (1) An arbitrator may make orders with respect to the payment, as between the parties, of the costs of referred proceedings. > > > (2) An arbitrator has the same powers in relation to an order for costs under subsection (1) as the referring court would have had if the hearing before the arbitrator had been a hearing before the court. > > > (3) This section does not limit the power of the referring court to make orders under section 98 with respect to the costs of referred proceedings. > > **pt 2A, divs 1–6 (ss 18A–18O):** Ins 2010 No 135, Sch 6.2 \[2\]. Rep 2013 No 1, Sch 1.6 \[2\].