Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

JUDICIARY ACT 1903 - SECT 55G

             (1)  The Commonwealth may charge fees:

                     (a)  in relation to services of a legal professional nature provided by an Attorney-General's lawyer in his or her capacity as a person in the Attorney-General's Department engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 ; and

                     (b)  for disbursements incurred by the Commonwealth in the course of providing those services.

             (2)  If the Commonwealth has charged a client an amount under subsection (1), the amount may be recovered by the client as costs incurred by the client.