15A. Fixed costs

For the purposes of section 52(6) of the Act, the fixed costs that the Disciplinary Committee may order a respondent of a disciplinary action to pay the Council are $2,000 and in addition —

for an uncontested hearing — $2,000 for every day or part of a day a pre-hearing conference is held after the first pre-hearing conference for the disciplinary action; and

for a contested hearing —

$2,000 for every day or part of a day a pre-hearing conference is held after the second pre-hearing conference for the disciplinary action; and

$3,000 for every day or part of a day of the hearing for the disciplinary action.

In paragraph (1) —

“contested hearing” means a hearing other than an uncontested hearing;

“uncontested hearing” means a hearing where the respondent admits, without qualification, to both the charge and the facts that the Council relies on to prove the charge and thereafter —

does not make a submission on the manner in which the Disciplinary Committee should exercise its powers under section 52(3), (4) or (5) of the Act; or

makes such a submission by relying on material facts that the Council does not contest.