Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this Act, and in particular without limiting section 6, where:
(a) a Federal appeal referred to in paragraph (d), (j), (ja) or (k) of the definition of Federal appeal in subsection 3(1) succeeds on a question of law; and
(b) in accordance with section 117 of the Family Law Act 1975 , each party to the appeal bears his or her own costs;
the court that heard the appeal may, on the application of the appellant to the appeal, grant to the appellant a costs certificate in respect of the appeal.
(2) The certificate that may be granted under subsection (1) by a court to an appellant to a Federal appeal is a certificate stating that, in the opinion of the court, it would be appropriate for the Attorney-General to authorize a payment under this Act to the appellant in respect of the costs incurred by the appellant in relation to the appeal.