10AMaximum amount for counselling
services
(1)
For the purposes of section 18 (3A) of the Act,
the maximum amount that may be awarded as compensation for counselling
services (other than counselling services to which Division 3A of Part 2 of
the Act applies) is the amount calculated in accordance with the scale set out
in the Table to this clause in respect of the relevant class of counsellor
providing the service.
(2)
Compensation is not payable in respect of more
than 22 hours of counselling sessions.
(3)
Despite subclause (2), compensation may be
awarded for further periods of counselling (exceeding the 22 hour limit) if
considered appropriate by a compensation assessor or the Tribunal, but only if
the same type of counselling is not (in the opinion of a compensation assessor
or the Tribunal) available under the approved counselling scheme set out in
Division 3A of Part 2 of the Act.
Table
(1)
Social
workers
$77 per
hour
(2)
Psychologists (including clinical
psychologists)
$99 per
hour
(3)
Psychiatrists
$121 per
hour
cl 10A: Ins 2007
(61), Sch 1 [2].