South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts10—Certain costs may be awarded against defendant personally
(1) If—
(a) the
court adjourns a trial or associated proceedings in order to allow the
defendant to make an application for legal assistance or to obtain legal
representation in some other way; and
(b) the
adjournment is attributable to the defendant's failure to make proper
arrangements for legal representation in advance of the proceedings or to a
change of mind on the part of the defendant about legal representation,
the court may make an order against the defendant personally for the costs of
the adjournment and the costs of the proceedings thrown away by the
adjournment.
(2) However, the court
may not make such an order if the adjournment is to allow a defendant who is
not legally represented in a trial to obtain legal representation for the
purposes of the cross-examination of a section 13B witness in the trial.