6Attorney‑General’s Department

6 Attorney‑General’s Department

(1) Payments out of such money appropriated by this Act as is specified in subsection (2) must not exceed the balance of the legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission remaining after deduction from those costs of:

(a) any amounts paid or payable to or for Dr Carmen Lawrence by the Government of Western Australia for those costs; and

(b) any amounts paid to or for Dr Carmen Lawrence by the Commonwealth for legal costs in relation to the Marks Royal Commission from money appropriated for that purpose by the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1995‑96.

(2) The money referred to in subsection (1) is the amount of $49,776 appropriated for the purpose specified in item 02 of Division 807 in Schedule 2, namely, Legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission.

(3) No money that has been, or is, appropriated (whether by this Act or any other Act) out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund on or after 1 July 1996 is to be taken to be available for either of the following purposes:

(a) meeting legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission;

(b) meeting the legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to proceedings in a court concerning that Royal Commission;

unless the money has been, or is, appropriated expressly for that purpose.

(4) In this Act, any reference to legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission does not include legal costs (however constituted) incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to proceedings in a court concerning that Royal Commission.