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(1)The costs of and incidental to—
(a)all proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal, and
(b)all proceedings in the Upper Tribunal,
shall be in the discretion of the Tribunal in which the proceedings take place.
(2)The relevant Tribunal shall have full power to determine by whom and to what extent the costs are to be paid.
(3)Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to Tribunal Procedure Rules.
(4)In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (1), the relevant Tribunal may—
(a)disallow, or
(b)(as the case may be) order the legal or other representative concerned to meet,
the whole of any wasted costs or such part of them as may be determined in accordance with Tribunal Procedure Rules.
(5)In subsection (4) “wasted costs” means any costs incurred by a party—
(a)as a result of any improper, unreasonable or negligent act or omission on the part of any legal or other representative or any employee of such a representative, or
(b)which, in the light of any such act or omission occurring after they were incurred, the relevant Tribunal considers it is unreasonable to expect that party to pay.
(6)In this section “legal or other representative”, in relation to a party to proceedings, means any person exercising a right of audience or right to conduct the proceedings on his behalf.
(7)In the application of this section in relation to Scotland, any reference in this section to costs is to be read as a reference to expenses.
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