# The Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 13: Costs

Extent: E+W

(1) The adjudicator is not normally to make an order awarding costs and expenses, but may, subject to sub-paragraph (2) make such an order—
(a) against a party (including an appellant who has withdrawn an appeal or a charging authority which has consented to an appeal being allowed) if the adjudicator considers that the party has acted frivolously or vexatiously or that their conduct in making, pursuing or resisting an appeal was wholly unreasonable; or
(b) against the charging authority where the adjudicator considers that the decision made by it giving rise to the appeal was wholly unreasonable.
(2) An order must not be made under sub-paragraph (1) against a party unless that party has been given an opportunity of making representations against the making of the order.
(3) An order under sub-paragraph (1) must require the party against whom it is made to pay to the other party a specified sum in respect of the costs and expenses incurred by that other party in connection with the proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1783/schedule/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-schemes-penalty-charges-adjudication-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-13
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