Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If the parties do not appoint an agreed expert, the court may, on application by 1 or more of the parties or on its own initiative, appoint a stated person to give expert medical evidence in the proceeding.
(2) The court may appoint an additional expert, or additional experts, to give expert medical evidence in the proceeding if—
(a) expert medical evidence is required on 2 or more issues in the proceeding and the agreed or appointed expert is not qualified to give evidence on all the issues based on the expert's specialised knowledge; or
(b) the court considers that the interests of justice otherwise require it.
(3) The court must not appoint more than 1 expert to give expert medical evidence on any particular issue unless the court considers that the interests of justice require it.
(4) The court must not appoint a person to give expert medical evidence on an issue unless the court is satisfied the person is an expert in relation to the issue.
(5) An appointed expert may be (but need not be)—
(a) a person who prepared an expert report for the parties under section 65 (Respondent and claimant may jointly arrange for expert report); or
(b) a person on a panel mentioned in section 67 (Examination by expert if no agreement).
(6) An appointed expert may give evidence in the proceeding as an expert on any issue on which the expert is qualified to give evidence based on the expert's specialised knowledge.