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#### 86 Costs not regulated by this Part
86 Costs not regulated by this Part
> Costs referred to in this Part do not include any of the following—
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> > (a) costs for legal services provided for an appeal under section 353 (Appeal against decision of Commission constituted by Presidential member) of the 1998 Act,
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> > (b) fees for investigators’ reports or for other material produced or obtained by investigators (such as witness statements or other evidence),
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> > (c) fees for accident reconstruction reports,
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> > (d) fees for accountants’ reports,
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> > (e) fees for reports from health service providers (except as provided in item 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 6),
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> > (f) fees for other professional reports relating to treatment or rehabilitation (for example, architects’ reports concerning house modifications),
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> > (g) fees for interpreter or translation services,
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> > (h) fees imposed by a court or the Commission,
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> > (i) travel costs and expenses of the claimant in the matter for attendance at medical examinations, a court or the Commission,
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> > (j) witness expenses at a court or the Commission.
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> Note.
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> Costs referred to in this clause are recoverable under, and may be regulated by, other legislation (including regulations under the [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-16a)) or common law principles. Under section 339 of the 1998 Act, the Authority may fix maximum fees for the provision of reports, or appearance before the Commission, by health service providers.