South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts25—Legal costs and disbursements
(1) Despite any Act or
law to the contrary—
(a)
costs awarded in proceedings under this Act must not exceed the amounts
prescribed by regulation in relation to such costs (plus GST) as at the time
of commencement of the proceedings; and
(b) a
legal practitioner must neither charge nor seek to recover in respect of
proceedings under this Act an amount by way of costs in excess of the amount
prescribed by regulation in relation to such costs (plus GST) as at the time
of commencement of the proceedings.
(2) The regulations
may make provision in relation to the recovery of disbursements by a legal
practitioner in relation to a claim for statutory compensation.
(3) In this
section—
"GST" means the tax payable under the GST law;
"GST law" means—
(a)
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Commonwealth); and
(b) the
related legislation of the Commonwealth dealing with the imposition of a tax
on the supply of goods, services and other things.