8Amount of payments

#### 8 Amount of payments 8 Amount of payments > > (1) For the purposes of section 33 of the Act, the amount of the payment to be made or reimbursed for approved counselling services provided to a victim who is resident in Australia is the sum of the following— > > > > > (a) the amount calculated in accordance with the scale set out in the Table to this clause in respect of the relevant class of counsellor providing the service, > > > > > (b) the amount of GST that is payable in respect of the provision of the approved counselling service, > > > > > (c) the amount, determined by the Commissioner, to be appropriate to cover costs incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the approved counselling service. > > > (2) Any period of more than 2 hours during which a counsellor travels to provide approved counselling services to a victim is to be counted in calculating the amount of payment to be made or reimbursed for each hour of approved counselling services provided to that victim under this clause. > > > (3) Subclause (1)(b) does not permit the approval of an amount that is greater than 10% of the amount of the costs referred to in subclause (1)(a). > > > (4) A reference in this clause to the provision of approved counselling services to a victim includes, in the case where approved counselling services are provided to a group of victims under an approved program, a reference to the provision of the services to that group. > > > (5) In this clause— > > > > GST has the same meaning as in the [A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth. > > Table > > | 1 | Generalist counsellors tier 1 | $120 per hour | > | 2 | Generalist counsellors tier 2 | $144 per hour | > | 3 | Psychiatrists | $256 per hour |