Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 401

401 .         Regulations for assessment of costs

        (1)         If a dispute resolution authority makes an order for the payment of costs and does not fix the amount of costs, that amount must be assessed or settled in accordance with the regulations.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may —

            (a)         make provision for or with respect to any matter for or in connection with which provision is made by the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) Part 4.3 Division 7; and

            (b)         adopt, with or without modification, any of the provisions of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) Part 4.3 Division 7; and

            (c)         make provision for or with respect to the assessment of costs by a conciliator or an arbitrator.

        (3)         To the extent that regulations under this section make provision for the costs payable to a legal practitioner, those regulations displace the provisions of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) .