# The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999, Article 117: Neglect or refusal to pay costs


(1) Paragraph (2) applies if, in relation to an Assembly election petition, a petitioner neglects or refuses, for six months after demand, to pay any person summoned as a witness on his behalf or to the respondent any sum certified to be due to that person or the respondent for his costs, and the neglect or refusal is, within one year after the demand, proved to the satisfaction of the High Court.
(2) Where paragraph (1) applies, every person who under this Order entered into a recognisance relating to that petition shall be held to be in default of the recognisance, and
(a) the prescribed officer shall thereupon certify the recognisance to be forfeited, and
(b) it shall be dealt with as if forfeited by the Crown Court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/450/article/117 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-1999/article-117
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