{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-2010/rule-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-2010/rule-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/791",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright Tribunal Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/31",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Orders for costs",
  "text": "(1) The Tribunal may, at its discretion, at any stage of the proceedings make any order it thinks fit in relation to the payment of costs by one party to another in respect of the whole or part of the proceedings.\n(2) Any party against whom an order for costs is made shall, if the Tribunal so directs, pay to any other party a lump sum by way of costs, or such proportion of the costs as may be just, and in the last mentioned case the Tribunal may assess the sum to be paid or may direct that it be assessed or, where appropriate, taxed by—\n(a) the Chairman;\n(b) a costs officer of the High Court;\n(c) the Master (Taxing Office) of the High Court of Northern Ireland; or\n(d) the Auditor of the Court of Session.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 31 in force at 6.4.2010, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/791/rule/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:47:42.754111+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}