WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2002 - REG 5 Approval of medical guidelines

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2002 - REG 5

    (1)     The Minister may approve medical guidelines about—

        (a)     the diagnosis of, or prognosis or treatment for, injuries; or

        (b)     how to assess the extent of an injury for the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1951-2/default.asp" title="Workers Compensation Act 1951">Act

, part 4.4 (Compensation for permanent injuries).

Note     Power given under a regulation to make a statutory instrument (including medical guidelines) includes power to amend or repeal the instrument (see

, s 46 (1)).

    (2)     If the work health and safety council sets up an advisory committee mentioned in the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1951-2/default.asp" title="Workers Compensation Act 1951">Act

, section 206 (Minister must take advice), the Minister must consider any recommendation made by the committee about proposed medical guidelines.

    (3)     An approved medical guideline is a notifiable instrument.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2001-14" title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

.

    (4)     An approved medical guideline may apply, adopt or incorporate an instrument as in force at a particular time.

Note 1     The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or as at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2001-14" title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see  s 47 (7)).

Note 2     A reference to an instrument includes a reference to a provision of an instrument (see href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2001-14" title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

, s 14 (2)).

    (5)     The Legislation title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

, section 47 (5) does not apply to a medical guideline mentioned in subsection (1) (b).