Regulation 13 Costs

(1)

A claim for additional compensation may include compensation in respect of the claimant’s expenses reasonably incurred in—

(a)

making an application for a direction for additional compensation under paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2A to the Act, provided that such a direction was made, and

(b)

making a claim for additional compensation under paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 2A to the Act, other than any expenses incurred in connection with an application under section 17 or appeal under section 18 of the Act.

(2)

Section 4 of the Act^f1 applies to claims for additional compensation as if—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a), for “unconditional offer in writing of any sum as compensation” there were substituted “offer of a sum for additional compensation on receipt of a valid claim for additional compensation”;

(ii)

sub-paragraph (b) were omitted;

(iii)

in the words after sub-paragraph (b), the words “or, as the case may be, after the time when in the opinion of the Upper Tribunal the notice should have been delivered” were omitted;

(b)

paragraph (2) were omitted;

(c)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

the words from “has delivered a notice” to “this section and” were omitted;

(ii)

for “made an unconditional offer in writing to accept any sum as compensation” there were substituted “sent a valid claim for additional compensation setting out a sum for additional compensation”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 4(1) and (3) was amended by S.I. 2009/1307.