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JUDICIARY ACT 1903 - SECT 55P

AGS may charge for services

  (1)   The AGS may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, charge fees:

  (a)   in relation to services provided by the AGS in accordance with section   55N; and

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

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

  (3)   A fee charged under subsection   (1):

  (a)   is a debt due to the Commonwealth; and

  (b)   is recoverable by the Commonwealth in a court of competent jurisdiction.

  (4)   Fees charged to the Commonwealth (or to a part of the Commonwealth) under subsection   (1) are notionally payable by the Commonwealth (or by the part of the Commonwealth). Subsection   (3) does not apply to such fees.



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