WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 120 Medical examination of worker at direction of Commission

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 120

120 Medical examination of worker at direction of Commission

(cf former s 130)

(1) The Commission or the Authority may, at any time or from time to time, require any worker--

(a) who claims compensation under this Act, or

(b) who is in receipt of weekly payments of compensation under this Act,

to submit himself or herself for examination by a medical assessor on a date and at a place arranged by the Commission.

(2) If a worker refuses to submit himself or herself for any such examination or in any way obstructs the examination--

(a) the worker's right to recover compensation under this Act with respect to the injury, or

(b) the worker's right to weekly payments,

is suspended until the examination has taken place.