New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SPORTING INJURIES INSURANCE ACT 1978 - SECT 6

6 Appointment of referees and medical panels

(1) An approved medical specialist under the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 is taken to be a referee for the purposes of this Act and for that purpose has and may exercise all the functions of an approved medical specialist under that Act.

(2) The Minister may appoint as referees for the purposes of this Act persons who the Minister considers are qualified to assess a person’s loss of mental capacity.

(3) A person may be appointed under subsection (2) whether or not the person is a legally qualified medical practitioner.

(4) The Chairperson may appoint 2 or more referees as a medical panel for the purposes of this Act.

(5) Referees shall be entitled to such remuneration from the Fund as the Minister considers fit in respect of anything done pursuant to this Act by them.