Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00864:section:55h
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00864
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 55H
Character Range: 58322–59549

55H  Lawyers employed by a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory
 (1) If:
 (a) services of a legal professional nature are provided to a person or body (the client) by an officer of, or a person employed in, a Government Department of a State, of the Australian Capital Territory or of the Northern Territory in his or her capacity as such an officer or employee in the course of acting for the client in proceedings in a federal court or in a tribunal established by a law of the Commonwealth; and
 (b) the Department charges the client for any of the services or for disbursements incurred in connection with any of the services;
the amount charged may be recovered by the client as costs incurred by the client in the proceedings.
 (2) If an amount charged as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) is not an amount of disbursement then, for the following purposes:
 (a) an application to a federal court, or to a tribunal established by a law of the Commonwealth, for the award of costs;
 (b) the taxation of those costs;
 (c) the recovery of those costs by the client;
the amount charged is taken to have been paid by the client.

Part VIIIB—The Australian Government Solicitor

Division 1—Definitions