Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts12. Rights to benefits to be determined by Board
(1) The right of any person to, and the amount of, a benefit under this Act shall be determined by the Board, and regulations under this Act may prescribe the manner in which any such determination is to be made.
(2) In the exercise of its power to make determinations under subsection (1), the Board may, on the advice of a medical practitioner, determine a treatment plan or a rehabilitation program for an injured person.
(3) The Board may determine a treatment plan or rehabilitation program for an injured person:
(a) on application by the injured person; or
(b) on the Board's own initiative (and with or without the agreement of the injured person).
(4) A treatment plan or rehabilitation program determined under this section:
(a) may define and limit the kind and extent of treatment and care (including attendant care services) for which statutory benefits will be paid; and
(b) may impose reasonable conditions, to be complied with by the injured person, on which the entitlement to statutory benefits for treatment and care is contingent.
(5) In order to determine the nature or extent of statutory benefits to which an injured person is entitled, or to determine a treatment plan or rehabilitation program for an injured person, the Board may exercise either or both of the following powers:
(a) require the injured person to undergo an examination by a medical practitioner nominated by the Board;
(b) require a medical practitioner or other person who has examined or treated the person to provide it with details and results of any such examination or treatment.
(6) Before the Board imposes a requirement under subsection (5)(b) it must obtain from the injured person a written authorisation (which will be irrevocable) to obtain information of the relevant kind from medical practitioners and other persons who have examined or treated the injured person.
(7) The Board may suspend the payment of statutory benefits if an injured person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with:
(a) a requirement under subsection (5); or
(b) a request for a written authorisation under subsection (6); or
(c) a condition of a treatment plan or rehabilitation program.
(8) While the payment of statutory benefits is suspended under subsection (7) no right to statutory benefits accrues to the injured person.
Part IV. Payments in respect of injuries