WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 268
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 268
268 . Regulations for assessment of costs
(1) If a dispute
resolution authority makes an order for the payment of costs and does not fix
the amount of costs, that amount is to be assessed or settled in accordance
with the regulations.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), the regulations may —
(a) make
provision for or with respect to any matter for or in connection with which
provision is made by the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) Part 4.3 Division
7; and
(b)
adopt, with or without modification, any of the provisions of the Legal
Profession Uniform Law (WA) Part 4.3 Division 7; and
(c) make
provision for or with respect to the assessment of costs by a conciliation
officer or an arbitrator.
(3) To the extent that
regulations under this section make provision for the costs payable to a legal
practitioner, those regulations displace the provisions of the Legal
Profession Uniform Law (WA) .
[Section 268 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130;
amended: No. 21 of 2008 s. 713(5) and (6); No. 31 of 2011 s. 67; No. 9 of 2022
s. 417.]
[Heading inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130.]