sec.208Costs

### sec.208 Costs In an arbitration, the authority may make any order it considers appropriate about— the payment by a party (the designated party ) of the costs, or part of the costs, incurred by another party in the conduct of the arbitration; or the payment by a party (also the designated party ) of the costs, or part of the costs, incurred by the authority in conducting the arbitration. The costs ordered to be paid by a designated party to another party or the authority may be recovered by the other party or authority as a debt owing to the other party or authority by the designated party. If, in an arbitration, the dispute notice is withdrawn before the authority makes a determination, a reference in this section to the costs incurred by a party in the conduct of the arbitration, or to the costs incurred by the authority in conducting the arbitration, includes a reference to the costs incurred by the party or authority in relation to the arbitration before the notice is withdrawn. This section applies despite section 115 (5) . (sec.208-ssec.1) In an arbitration, the authority may make any order it considers appropriate about— the payment by a party (the designated party ) of the costs, or part of the costs, incurred by another party in the conduct of the arbitration; or the payment by a party (also the designated party ) of the costs, or part of the costs, incurred by the authority in conducting the arbitration. (sec.208-ssec.2) The costs ordered to be paid by a designated party to another party or the authority may be recovered by the other party or authority as a debt owing to the other party or authority by the designated party. (sec.208-ssec.3) If, in an arbitration, the dispute notice is withdrawn before the authority makes a determination, a reference in this section to the costs incurred by a party in the conduct of the arbitration, or to the costs incurred by the authority in conducting the arbitration, includes a reference to the costs incurred by the party or authority in relation to the arbitration before the notice is withdrawn. (sec.208-ssec.4) This section applies despite section 115 (5) . - (a) the payment by a party (the designated party ) of the costs, or part of the costs, incurred by another party in the conduct of the arbitration; or - (b) the payment by a party (also the designated party ) of the costs, or part of the costs, incurred by the authority in conducting the arbitration.