Section 93 Enforcement of orders for costs.

United Kingdom

If the European Patent Office orders the payment of costs in any proceedings before it—

(a)

in England and Wales the costs shall, if F1the county court so orders, be recoverable F2 under section 85 of the County Courts Act 1984 or otherwise as if they were payable under an order of that court;

(b)

in Scotland the order may be enforced in like manner as F3a recorded decree arbitralan extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland.

(c)

in Northern Ireland the order may be enforced as if it were a money judgment.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 93(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F2: Words in s. 93(a) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 42 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F3: Words commencing “an extract registered” substituted (S.) for the words “a recorded decree arbitral” by Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2), s. 108(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 20