13Contravention of vexatious proceedings order prohibiting institution of proceedings

#### 13 Contravention of vexatious proceedings order prohibiting institution of proceedings 13 Contravention of vexatious proceedings order prohibiting institution of proceedings > > (1) If an authorised court makes a vexatious proceedings order prohibiting a person from instituting proceedings— > > > > > (a) the person may not institute proceedings of the kind to which the order relates without the leave of an appropriate authorised court under section 16, and > > > > > (b) another person may not, acting in concert with the person, institute proceedings without the leave of an appropriate authorised court under section 16. > > > (2) If proceedings are instituted in contravention of subsection (1), the proceedings are stayed until they are dismissed (or taken to be dismissed) under this section. > > > (3) Any proceedings that are stayed by subsection (2) are taken to be dismissed by the court or tribunal in which they were instituted on the expiry of the period of 28 days after the proceedings were first instituted, unless the proceedings are sooner dismissed under subsection (4). > > > (4) Without limiting subsection (2) or (3), the authorised court, or the court or tribunal in which the proceedings are instituted, may make— > > > > > (a) an order declaring that proceedings are proceedings to which subsections (2) and (3) apply, and > > > > > (b) an order dismissing the proceedings before the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (3), and > > > > > (c) any other order in relation to the proceedings that it considers appropriate, including an order for costs. > > > (5) An authorised court, or the court or tribunal in which the proceedings are instituted, may make an order under subsection (4) of its own motion or on the application of a person referred to in section 8 (4). > > > (6) An application may be made by a person referred to in section 8 (4) (e) only with the leave of the authorised court or the court or tribunal in which the proceedings are instituted.