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(5) Except as provided by section 300A (Assessment of costs by reference to costs agreement), a costs agreement cannot provide that the legal costs to which it relates are not subject to costs assessment under division 3.2.7.
Note If it attempts to do so, the costs agreement will be void (see s 287 (1)).
(6) A reference in section 288 (Setting aside costs agreements) and in any prescribed provisions of this part to a client is, in relation to a costs agreement that is entered into between a law practice and an associated third party payer as mentioned in subsection (1) (d) and to which a client of the law practice is not a party, a reference to the associated third party payer.