# The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989, Article 22: General

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) CostsThe Comptroller may, in respect of any proceedings, by order award such costs or, in Scotland, such expenses as he considers reasonable and direct how, to what party and from what parties they are to be paid.
(2) Where any applicant or a person making an application under rule 7 neither resides nor carries on business in the United Kingdom ... the Comptroller may require him to give security for the costs or expenses of the proceedings and in default of such security being given may treat the reference or application as abandoned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1130/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/design-right-proceedings-before-comptroller-rules-1989/article-22
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