Clause 13

The applicant shall, at the time of lodgment of the Notice of Challenge 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 (referred to in this Act as the deposit).

The challenge shall be deemed to have been withdrawn if the applicant fails to comply with subsection (1).

The deposit shall 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 referred to in subsection (3), the contracting authority concerned may recover the balance of the costs in the manner referred to in section 21.

The Registrar shall, after the challenge has been disposed of by the Tribunal and if he is satisfied that there is no outstanding claims 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.