WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 123 GST may be added to costs

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 123

123 GST may be added to costs

(1) Despite the other provisions of this Part, a cost fixed by Division 2 (Costs recoverable in compensation matters) or Division 3 (Costs recoverable in work injury damages matters) may be increased by the amount of any GST payable in respect of the service to which the cost relates, and the cost as so increased is taken to be the cost fixed by this Part.

(2) This clause does not permit a legal practitioner or agent to charge or recover, in respect of GST payable in respect of a service, an amount that is greater than:

(a) 10% of the maximum amount payable under this Part to the legal practitioner or agent in respect of the service apart from this clause, or

(b) the amount permitted under the New Tax System Price Exploitation law,

whichever is the lesser.

(3) In this clause:

"GST" has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.

"New Tax System Price Exploitation law" means:

(a) the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code, as applied as a law of New South Wales by the Price Exploitation Code (New South Wales) Act 1999 , or

(b) Part VB of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth.