New South Wales Repealed Acts New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) The Chief Judge may appoint medical practitioners to be medical referees (in addition to the chief medical officer) for the purposes of this Act and the Workers Compensation Acts.
(2) The Chief Judge is to obtain the advice of the chief medical officer or other suitable persons on the appointment of medical referees.
The Chief Judge is to consult concerning proposed appointments of medical referees with such employer and employee organisations as the Minister may nominate from time to time or, in the absence of any such nomination, as the Chief Judge considers appropriate.
(3) A medical practitioner may be appointed as a medical referee whether or not the practitioner is an officer of the Court and whether or not the practitioner resides in New South Wales.
(4) If a medical referee has been employed as a medical practitioner in connection with any case by or on behalf of an employer or worker, or by an insurer interested in that case, the medical referee is not qualified to act as medical referee in that case.