Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts Where costs are
ordered under this Act —
(a) if
the public official a party to the proceedings is a Minister of the Crown, a
person employed in the Public Service of the State, a member of the Police
Force, or any other person acting as agent of or under the instructions of
such a person, the Clerk or Registrar, as the case requires, of the court
shall give to the accused a certificate signed by the Clerk or sealed with the
Seal of the court, as the case requires, showing the amount of the costs
ordered and on production of the certificate to the Treasurer, the accused
shall be paid such costs out of the Consolidated Account; or
(b) if
the public official a party to the proceedings is a person employed by a local
government or any other statutory body, or is any other person acting as agent
of or under the instructions of such a person or body, the costs shall be
ordered against that body and shall be paid by it to the accused, and shall be
recoverable as a civil debt.
[Section 9 amended by No. 6 of 1993
s. 13; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82;
No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]
[ 10. Deleted by No. 65 of 1987 s. 41.]