Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 405

405 .         Determinations as to maximum costs

        (1)         The Costs Committee may make a determination (a costs determination ) fixing maximum costs that may be charged for —

            (a)         legal services and agent services; and

            (b)         matters that are not legal services or agent services but are related to a claim for compensation (for example, expenses for witnesses or medical reports).

        (2)         A provision of the costs determination may —

            (a)         authorise any matter or thing to be determined, applied or regulated by a specified person or body; and

            (b)         fix a cost or amount by reference to a cost or amount fixed by a costs determination made under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 section 133.

        (3)         The power under this section to make a costs determination for services or matters includes power to make a determination that no amount may be charged for a particular service or matter or class of services or matters, with the result that a legal practitioner or authorised agent is not entitled to be paid or recover any amount for the service or matter concerned.