Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this section, prescribed maximum amount , in relation to a court or tribunal specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule, means the amount specified in column 2 of that table opposite to that court or tribunal or such higher amount as is prescribed.
(2) The Attorney - General shall not authorize payment under this Act in respect of a costs certificate (other than a costs certificate granted under subsection 10(2) or (3)) in relation to an appeal or a new trial of an amount that exceeds the prescribed maximum amount in relation to the court that heard that appeal or new trial, as the case may be.
(2A) The Attorney - General must not authorise payment under this Act in respect of a costs certificate granted by the Administrative Review Tribunal under subsection 10A(2) of an amount that exceeds the prescribed maximum amount in relation to that Tribunal.
(4) A reference in this section to a court shall be read as a reference to that court however constituted.