Section 21 Supplementary provisions as to applications to the Court.

for enabling the Court, on the application of the Director or of any party interested, to give directions with respect to the goods to be included in or excluded from any application under this Part of this Act;

for securing that retailers, and trade associations representing employees in the distributive trades, who—

are entitled, whether in consequence of a representation order or otherwise, to be represented before the Court in the proceedings.

for enabling a single application to be made to the Court in respect of a number of related classes of goods, or separate applications made in respect of related classes, to be heard together;

for enabling the Court to determine in a summary way any issue arising in relation to a class of goods where it appears to the Court that the class of goods and the circumstances of the case are substantially similar to the class of goods and circumstances considered in any previous proceedings before the Court;

for enabling the Court to make an order for the payment by any party of costs in respects of proceedings in which he is guilty of unreasonable delay, or in respect of any improper, vexatious, prolix or unnecessary proceedings or any other unreasonable conduct on his part.

so far as may be the case under rules made as provided by subsection (2) above;

as is provided by subsection (4) below.

costs incurred on an application under section 16 above in respect of any issue determined in favour of that party, being an issue which in the Court’s opinion substantially corresponds with an issue so determined in proceedings in respect of an agreement of which particulars are entered or filed in the register under the M3Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (or under the M4Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956);

costs incurred on an application under section 17 above in respect of an issue determined in favour of that party.