An Act to amend the Legal Profession Act 1987 to make further provision with respect to costs and the assessment of costs; and for other purposes.
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Legal Profession Amendment (Costs Assessment) Act 1998.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
3 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 1987 No 109
The Legal Profession Act 1987 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1]–[3] (Repealed)
[4] Section 196 Regulations to provide for related costs
Insert after section 196 (1) (a):(a1) fixing fair and reasonable costs for legal services in any motor vehicle accident matter,
[5]–[14] (Repealed)
[15] Section 208O Costs fixed by regulations
Insert “(a1),” after “(a),” in section 208O (1).
[16]–[19] (Repealed)
sch 1: Am 1999 No 41, Sch 4.8 [1] [2]; 2003 No 82, Sch 3.