356Litigated claims legal costs order—Authority and self‑insurers

356 Litigated claims legal costs order—Authority and self‑insurers (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Governor in Council may by Order in Council published in the Government Gazette make a litigated claims legal costs order— (a) specifying the legal costs that may be recovered from a worker by a legal practitioner acting on behalf of the Authority or self-insurer in respect of any claim, application or proceedings under or in accordance with this Division, other than section 348; and (b) prescribing or specifying any matter or thing required to give effect to the legal costs order including procedures for resolving any dispute that arises in relation to the costs payable under the Order. (2) Before a litigated claims legal costs order is made under subsection (1), the Minister must consult with the Attorney-General and Treasurer. (3) A litigated claims legal costs order— (a) takes effect on and from the date on which it is published in the Government Gazette or, if a later date is specified in the order, that later date; and (b) applies to legal costs incurred on or after the order takes effect; and (c) must be reviewed by the Minister within 3 years after the order takes effect. (4) Section 344(5) does not apply in proceedings to which a litigated claims legal costs order under subsection (1)(a) applies. (5) If a litigated claims legal costs order under subsection (1)(a) is in force, legal costs in respect of any claim, application or proceeding referred to in subsection (1)(a) to which the order applies cannot be recovered except in accordance with the order. S. 356(6) amended by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch. 2 item 113.2). (6) This section and any legal costs order made under this section has full force and effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria), the **Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014**, the **Supreme Court Act 1986**, the **County Court Act 1958** or the **Civil Procedure Act 2010** or in any regulation, rules, order or other document made under any of those Acts or Laws. Pt 7 Div. 2 Subdiv. 3 (Heading and ss 356A–356F) inserted by No. 10/2022 s. 77. Subdivision 3—Subsequent action for damages S. 356A inserted by No. 10/2022 s. 77.