New motor accidents costs and fees regulation

16/05/2008

The Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment (Costs and Fees) Regulation 2008�was gazetted today,�16 May 2008.�

The object of this Regulation, as provided by the explanatory note,�is to amend the Motor Accidents Compensation Regulation 2005 to increase:

(a) the maximum costs for legal services provided by legal practitioners to claimants or to insurers in motor accidents matters and for matters that are not legal services but are related to proceedings in motor accidents matters (the increase, however, does not apply to costs that are charged on an ad valorem basis), and

(b) the maximum fees for the provision of medical reports, and appearances as witnesses, by medical practitioners in relation to motor accidents matters. The increases are generally in line with movements in the Consumer Price Index.

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16 May 2008

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