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s.12A
Costs in transferred cases, etc.
(1) This section applies to an action or proceedings transferred— (a) from the Court of First Instance or the District Court to the Tribunal; or (b) from the Tribunal to the Court of First Instance or the District Court. (2) The court or the Tribunal that orders the transfer may make an order for costs prior to the transfer and of the transfer. (3) The costs of the whole action or proceedings both before and after the transfer are in the discretion of the court or the Tribunal to which the action or proceedings are transferred subject to any order made by the Tribunal or the court which ordered the transfer. (4) The court or the Tribunal to which the action or proceedings are transferred may make— (a) an order for costs; and (b) an order as to the scales on which the costs of the action or proceedings are to be taxed, as if the action or proceedings were originally commenced in the court or the Tribunal. (5) Subject to section 12(6) , the costs of the whole action or proceedings are to be taxed in the court or the Tribunal to which the action or proceedings are transferred.