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Judiciary Act 1903
55GCommonwealth may charge for services of Attorney‑General’s lawyer
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#### 55G Commonwealth may charge for services of Attorney‑General’s lawyer
(1) The Commonwealth may charge fees:
(a) in relation to services of a legal professional nature provided by an Attorney‑General’s lawyer in his or her capacity as a person in the Attorney‑General’s Department engaged under the Public Service Act 1999; and
(b) for disbursements incurred by the Commonwealth in the course of providing those services.
(2) If the Commonwealth has charged a client an amount under subsection (1), the amount may be recovered by the client as costs incurred by the client.