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COSTS:

Regulation 3:  Scale of Costs and Expenses on Review (Accident Insurance Act 1998, Section 151

Item

Maximum Award $ Rate $
Applicant's or another person's representation* -
 
Preparation and lodging of application for review under section 136 75.00  
Other preparation of case for review 145.00  
Appearance at hearing on behalf of applicant or another person 300.00  
1st hour of hearing   95.00
2nd hour of hearing    65.00
Later hours of hearing   30.00
All relevant and reasonably necessary reports for applicant or another person by any registered specialists** 700.00  
Applicant's or another person's travelling expenses for each kilometer in excess of 10 kilometers of a return journey by any means by shortest route between home and place where review hearing held   65.00  
Appearance at hearing of all persons who gave evidence for applicant or another person  220.00  
Other expenses reasonably incurred by applicant or another person associated with a hearing (for example, a person providing whanau support to an applicant or other person at the hearing) 165.00  
     
*Awards for items under this heading are to be made in respect of 1 representative only.
** "Registered specialist" means a registered medical practitioner who holds a vocational registration in at least 1 of the following sub branches of medicine: (a) Anaesthetics; (b) Dermatology: (c) Diagnostic Radiology: (d) Emergency Medicine; (e) Internal Medicine: (f) Internal Medicine - Occupational Medicine (g) Internal Medicine - Rehabilitation Medicine: (h) Obstetrics and Gynaecology: (i) Ophthalmology: (j) Orthopaedic Surgery: (k) Otolaryngology: (l) Paediatrics; (m) Pathology: (n) Psychological Medicine or Psychiatry: (o) Public Health Medicine: (p) Radiotherapy: (q) Surgery: (r) Surgery - Cardiothoracic Surgery: (s) Surgery - General Surgery: (t) Surgery - Neurosurgery: (u) Surgery - Paediatric Surgery: (v) Surgery - Plastic Surgery: (w) Surgery - Urology: (x) Venereology.