Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Except where the
Director considers that those disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses should
be made and met directly out of moneys standing to the credit of the Fund, a
private practitioner performing legal services on behalf of an assisted person
shall, in the first instance, —
(a) make
all disbursements other than counsel fees; and
(b) meet
all out-of-pocket expenses,
approved in accordance
with section 14 and incurred in or in connection with the performance of
those services.
(2) Nothing in
subsection (1) authorises disbursements or out-of-pocket expenses to be
met directly from moneys standing to the credit of the Fund unless the private
practitioner would have been entitled to reimbursement in respect of them
under section 14(1) or under an agreement under section 14(1a).
[Section 42 amended by No. 90 of 1986
s. 16; No. 73 of 1992 s. 10; No. 49 of 1996 s. 64.]