111Tribunal may order costs be awarded

111 Tribunal may order costs be awarded

(1) If the Tribunal is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so, the Tribunal may order that a participant in proceedings for review under Division 1A or 1B pay all or a specified part of the costs of another participant in the proceedings.

(2) If the Tribunal makes an order under subsection (1), it may make further orders that it believes appropriate in relation to the assessment or taxation of the costs.

(3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make provision for and in relation to fees payable for the assessment or taxation of costs ordered by the Tribunal to be paid.

(4) If a participant (the first participant) is ordered to pay some or all of the costs of another participant under subsection (1), the amount of the costs may be recovered in the Federal Court as a debt due by the first participant to the other participant.