Competition Tribunal Act

Marginal note:Costs

• 8.1 (1) The Tribunal may award costs of proceedings before it in respect of reviewable matters under Parts VII.1 and VIII of the Competition Act on a final or interim basis, in accordance with the provisions governing costs in the Federal Court Rules, 1998.

• Marginal note:Payment

  (2) The Tribunal may direct by whom and to whom any costs are to be paid and by whom they are to be taxed and allowed.

• Marginal note:No award against the Crown

  (3) Despite any other Act of Parliament, the Tribunal shall not award costs against His Majesty in right of Canada unless it is satisfied

  • (a) that an award is necessary to maintain confidence in the administration of justice; or

  • (b) that the absence of an award would have a substantial adverse effect on the other party’s ability to carry on business.

• Marginal note:Costs adjudged to Her Majesty in right of Canada

  (4) Costs adjudged to Her Majesty in right of Canada shall not be disallowed or reduced on taxation by reason only that counsel who earned the costs, or in respect of whose services the costs are charged, was a salaried officer of Her Majesty in right of Canada performing those services in the discharge of that counsel’s duty and remunerated for those services by salary, or for that or any other reason was not entitled to recover any costs from Her Majesty in right of Canada in respect of the services so rendered.

• Marginal note:Amounts to Receiver General

  (5) Any money or costs awarded to Her Majesty in right of Canada in a proceeding in respect of which this section applies shall be paid to the Receiver General.