21Legal costs

#### 21 Legal costs 21 Legal costs > > (1) The Commission determining a dispute under this Division is to include in its determination a determination of the amount of the reasonable legal costs payable by the injured person for or in respect of legal services provided to the person in connection with the referral for determination of and the determination of the dispute. > > > (2) The Authority is to pay those reasonable legal costs of the injured person as assessed by the Commission. No other legal costs are payable by the Authority for or in respect of legal services provided to an interested person in connection with the referral for determination of and the determination of a dispute under this Division. > > > (3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to fixing maximum legal costs for legal services provided to a person in connection with the referral for determination of and the determination of a dispute under this Division. > > > (4) A legal practitioner is not entitled to be paid or recover for a legal service an amount that exceeds any maximum legal costs fixed for the service by the regulations under this section. > > > (5) This section does not entitle a legal practitioner to recover legal costs for a legal service or matter that a court or costs assessor determines were unreasonably incurred. > > > (6) This section and any regulations under this section prevail to the extent of any inconsistency with the legal costs legislation (as defined in section 3A of the [Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-016)). An assessment under that legislation of any costs in respect of which provision is made by a regulation under this section is to be made so as to give effect to that regulation. > > > (7) In this section, legal services and legal costs have the same meanings as in the [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-16a). > > **s 21:** Am 2015 No 7, Sch 2.31 \[2\] \[3\]; 2020 No 18, Sch 6.8\[2\].