56Correction of errors in costs assessment and review determinations

56 Correction of errors in costs assessment and review determinations

56 Correction of errors in costs assessment and review determinations

(1) For the Act, section 93(1)(e), a decision-maker may, at any time after making a determination, correct a clerical mistake, or an error arising from an accidental slip or omission, in the determination by—

(a) setting aside and substituting the previous determination with a new determination, and

(b) issuing a certificate that sets out the new determination (a replacement certificate).

(2) The replacement certificate replaces a certificate issued by the decision-maker that sets out the previous determination (a previous certificate).

(3) If a judgment took effect on the filing of the previous certificate with a court under the Act, section 70(5), 71(3), 87(2) or 88(3), the judgment is varied to the extent necessary to give effect to the new determination on the filing of the replacement certificate in the office or registry of a court with jurisdiction to order the payment of the amount of the new determination.

(4) In this section—

decision-maker means—

(a) for a determination made by a costs assessor—the costs assessor, or

(b) for a determination made by a review panel—the review panel.