(1) In this section
—
costs determination means a legal costs
determination made under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022
section 133;
law practice has the meaning given in the Legal
Profession Uniform Law (WA) section 6(1).
(2) An agreement must
not be made for a law practice to receive, for appearing for or acting on
behalf of a person in a child sexual abuse action, any greater reward than is
provided for by any costs determination that is in force.
(3) An agreement is
void, and any money paid under the agreement is recoverable by the person who
paid the money, if the agreement —
(a) is
made contrary to this section; or
(b)
would have been contrary to this section if it had been made after the
commencement of the Civil Liability Legislation Amendment (Child Sexual Abuse
Actions) Act 2018 section 5.
(4) Subsection (3)
does not affect the operation of an agreement so far as it relates to services
provided before the commencement of the Civil Liability Legislation Amendment
(Child Sexual Abuse Actions) Act 2018 section 5 and does not apply in relation
to any money paid or payable in respect of services so provided.
[Section 15L inserted: No. 3 of 2018 s. 5;
amended: No. 9 of 2022 s. 338.]
[Heading inserted: No. 3 of 2018 s. 5.]