Workers Compensation Act 1987 and Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Conciliation Conference Fees) Regulation 2001 (2001-505) [GG No 103 of 29.6.2001, p 4990] (NSW)

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Workers Compensation (General) New South Wales

Amendment (Conciliation Conference

Fees) Regulation 2001

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury
Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998.

JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,

Special Minister of State

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1995 to increase the amounts specified in that Regulation that are payable to a legal practitioner or agent as costs for legal services or agent services associated with conciliation conferences so as to make those amounts the same as the amounts that are currently payable because of the operation of section 6 of the Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation (GST) Act 2000 (which ceases to have effect on 1 July 2001), as follows:

(a)	assistance with any pre-conciliation telephone discussion and preparation and lodgment of a request for conciliation (including any appropriate attachments)—$220 (increased from $200),
(b)	preparation for, and attendance and participation at, a conciliation conference, for each hour or part of any hour—$220 (increased from $200),
(c)	assistance in the preparation and execution of terms of agreement in a case where resolution of the dispute is achieved—$82.50 (increased from $75).
Published in Gazette No 103 of 29 June 2001, page 4990	Page 1
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Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Conciliation Conference Fees) Regulation 2001
Explanatory note

This Regulation is made under the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (the 1987 Act) and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (the 1998 Act), including section 280 (the general regulation-making power) of, and Part 18A of Schedule 6 to, the 1987 Act and sections 113 and 248 (the general regulation-making power) of the 1998 Act.

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Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Conciliation Conference	Clause 1
Fees) Regulation 2001

Workers Compensation (General) Amendment
(Conciliation Conference Fees) Regulation 2001

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Workers Compensation (General) Amendment
(Conciliation Conference Fees) Regulation 2001.

2 Amendment of Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1995

The Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1995 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Conciliation Conference

Fees) Regulation 2001

Schedule 1	Amendments
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]     Clause 51B Maximum costs for legal practitioners and agents at conciliation conferences

Omit “$200” wherever occurring in clause 51B (1) (a) and (b).
Insert instead “$220”.

[2]     Clause 51B (1) (c)

Omit “$75”. Insert instead “$82.50”.

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