Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00893:clause:8_16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00893
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 8 cl 16
Character Range: 426257–428290

16    Counsel fees for attendance at a hearing                                                                               $450 an hour, but not more than $2,025 a day

Part 2—Expenses and allowances

Division 1—Expenses
1.  Subject to clause 1A, a person who has paid a fee prescribed in these regulations in relation to proceedings before the Registrar may be paid the amount of the fee.
1A.  A person who pays either or both of the fees prescribed in table items 7A and 7B in relation to a proceeding before the Registrar may be paid the lesser of the following:
 (a) $500;
 (b) the sum of the fees paid.
2.  A person attending proceedings before the Registrar must be paid:
 (a) a reasonable amount for allowances for transport between the usual place of residence of the person and the place that he or she attends for that purpose; and
 (b) if the person is required to be absent overnight from his or her usual place of residence—a reasonable amount for allowances up to a daily maximum of $1,050 for meals and accommodation.

Division 2—Allowances
3.  A person who, because of his or her professional, scientific or other special skill or knowledge, is summoned to appear as a witness before the Registrar must be paid:
 (a) if the person is remunerated in his or her occupation by wages, salary or fees—an amount equal to the amount of wages, salary or fees not paid to the person because of his or her attendance for that purpose; and
 (b) in any other case—an amount of not less than $210, or more than $1,050, for each day on which he or she so attends.
4.  A person summoned to appear as a witness, other than a witness referred to in clause 3, before the Registrar must be paid:
 (a) if the person is remunerated in his or her occupation by wages, salary or fees—an amount equal to the amount of wages, salary or fees not paid to the person because of his or her attendance for that purpose; and
 (b) in any other case—an amount of not less than $120, or more than $195, for each day on which he or she so attends.