Working out costs for mandatory final offers
266 Working out costs for mandatory final offers
A mandatory final offer for $50 000 or less must be exclusive of any amount for costs.
If a mandatory final offer is for $50 000 or less but for more than $30 000, and is accepted, costs must be worked out and paid in the way prescribed by regulation.
If a mandatory final offer is for $30 000 or less, and is accepted—
for a claimant who was a child at the time of the motor accident or holds a Commonwealth concession card when the offer is accepted—costs (including disbursements) must not exceed $5 000; or
in any other case—costs must be $0.
In this section:
Commonwealth concession card means any of the following cards:
a current health care card issued under the Social Security Act 1991 (Cwlth);
a current pensioner concession card issued under the Social Security Act 1991 (Cwlth);
a current pensioner concession card issued in relation to a pension under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (Cwlth) or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (Cwlth);
a current gold card;
a card prescribed by regulation.
gold card means a card known as the Repatriation Health Card—For All Conditions that evidences a person’s eligibility, under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (Cwlth) or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (Cwlth), to be provided with treatment for all injuries or diseases.
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