177Persons not to overcharge for services the Commissioner is required to pay as expenses

177 Persons not to overcharge for services the Commissioner is required to pay as expenses

A person who provides any services of the kind referred to in Part 11 to another person, knowing that the Commissioner may be required to pay the expenses, must not charge a fee in excess of –

(a) the fee prescribed, in relation to those services, under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 for the purposes of section 75(2A) of that Act; or

(b) if no fee is prescribed, in relation to those services, under that section, the fee that the person would normally charge (taking into account any discount that would normally be applicable) for those services if those services were provided for a matter not connected with a claim to the Commissioner to pay such expenses.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.