Section 13

The applicant must, at the time the Notice of Challenge is lodged with the Registrar of the Tribunal, deposit in cash or in such other form as the Registrar in a particular case may allow, such sum as may be prescribed (called in this Act the deposit).

The challenge is deemed to have been withdrawn if the applicant fails to comply with subsection (1).

The deposit is to be used by the Registrar to pay any costs awarded by the Tribunal to the contracting authority concerned under section 21 in relation to the challenge.

Where the deposit is insufficient to cover the costs mentioned in subsection (3), the contracting authority concerned may recover the balance of the costs in the manner referred to in section 21.

After the challenge has been disposed of by the Tribunal, the Registrar must, if he or she is satisfied that there is no outstanding claim for costs by the contracting authority concerned against the applicant, release the deposit or the balance of the deposit (as the case may be) to the applicant.