81Interest on costs

81 Interest on costs

81 Interest on costs

(1) A costs assessor may, in respect of the amount of Uniform Law costs or a specified part of that amount, determine that—

(a) interest is payable at a rate determined by the assessor that does not exceed the rate referred to in section 195(4) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), or

(b) no interest is payable.

(2) This section applies despite any costs agreement or anything else in section 195 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW).

(3) This section does not authorise the giving of interest on interest.

ss 71–82: Subst 2015 No 7, Sch 1 [27].