Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 402

402 .         Costs Committee established

        (1)         In this section —

        Legal Costs Committee means the Legal Costs Committee established under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 section 83.

        (2)         A committee called the Costs Committee is established.

        (3)         The Costs Committee is constituted by the following members —

            (a)         the CEO;

            (b)         1 or more other members of the Board nominated by the Board;

            (c)         2 members of the Legal Costs Committee nominated by the chairperson of that Committee.

        (4)         If the chairperson of the Legal Costs Committee fails to nominate a member of the Costs Committee under subsection (3)(c) within 30 days after receiving a written request from the CEO, the CEO may appoint a person as a member for the purposes of subsection (3)(c) in place of a member of the Legal Costs Committee.