Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION REGULATION 2014 - REG 133

133 Payment of additional amount for costs

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the Regulator or an insurer is required to pay costs in a proceeding in relation to a witness who—

(i) is a medical practitioner; or

(ii) gives evidence of a professional nature; and

(b) the amount of fees and expenses payable in relation to the witness by the party that called the witness is more than the amount of costs allowed by the industrial magistrate or the industrial commission.

(2) The Regulator or the insurer may, on the application of the party that called the witness, pay an additional amount for costs that the Regulator or the insurer is satisfied are reasonable, having regard to the subject matter of the proceeding.