Section 148 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Costs on review

148 Costs on review (1) The Corporation is responsible for meeting all the costs incurred by a reviewer in conducting a review. (2) Whether or not there is a hearing, the reviewer— (a) must award the applicant costs and expenses, if the reviewer makes a review decision fully or partly in favour of the applicant: (b) may award the applicant costs and expenses, if the reviewer does not make a review decision in favour of the applicant but considers that the applicant acted reasonably in applying for the review: (c) may award any other person costs and expenses, if the reviewer makes a review decision in favour of the person. (3) If a review application is made and the Corporation revises its decision fully or partly in favour of the applicant for review before a review is heard, whether before or after a reviewer is appointed and whether or not a review hearing has been scheduled, the Corporation must award costs and expenses on the same basis as a reviewer would under subsection (2)(a) . (4) The award of costs and expenses under this section must be in accordance with regulations made for the purpose. (5) If any costs and expenses are awarded against the Corporation under this section, the Corporation is liable to pay them within 28 days of the decision to award them. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 151