New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 339

339 Maximum fees payable to health service providers

(1) The Authority may, by order published in the Gazette, fix maximum fees for the provision by health service providers of the following services:

(a) provision of any report for use in connection with a claim for compensation or work injury damages,

(b) appearance as a witness in proceedings before the Commission or a court in connection with a claim for compensation or work injury damages.

(2) An order under this section can fix costs and amounts by reference to costs and amounts fixed by regulations under the Legal Profession Act 2004 .

(3) A health service provider is not entitled to be paid or recover any fee for providing a service that exceeds any maximum fee fixed under this section for the provision of the service.

(4) In this section:
"health service provider" means a person who provides a health service as defined in the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 .

Note: For orders published under this section see Gazettes No 178 of 7.11.2003, p 10480; No 34 of 18.3.2005, p 849; No 51 of 6.5.2005, p 1640; No 166 of 23.12.2005, pp 11904, 11906; No 192 of 29.12.2006, p 12014; No 83 of 29.6.2007, p 4364; No 175 of 30.11.2007, pp 8762, 8766; No 158 of 12.12.2008, pp 12257, 12263, 12291; No 207 of 18.12.2009, pp 6398, 6400, 6402; No 135 of 17.12.2010, pp 6002, 6031, 6051; No 127 of 16.12.2011, pp 7195, 7220, 7253 (and see erratum in Gazette No 130 of 20.12.2011, p 7269) and No 12 of 3.2.2012, pp 315, 327, 332.