(1)  Subject to the terms of an offer of compromise, if a party accepts an offer made under rule 280(4) , that party is to pay the other party's costs in respect of the claim up to and including the day the offer was served unless the Court or a judge orders otherwise.

(2)  The costs are to be in accordance with –

(a) any scale specified in the offer in accordance with rule 281 ; or

(b) if a scale is not specified in the offer, the appropriate scale provided for in Schedule 1 .

(3)  Any term in an offer of compromise which purports to negative or limit the effect of subrule (2) is of no effect for any purpose under this Part.

(4)  A party to whom costs are payable under this rule, unless the Court or a judge orders otherwise, may –

(a) tax those costs after the expiration of 7 days after they become payable; and

(b) sign judgment for the taxed costs after the expiration of 2 days after the taxation.