WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 28
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 28
(1) The Corporation
shall appoint such rehabilitation advisers as are necessary for the purposes
of this Act.
(2) A rehabilitation
adviser—
(a)
shall assist in devising and co-ordinating rehabilitation programmes for
injured workers; and
(b)
shall be responsible to the Corporation for monitoring the progress of
injured workers who are involved in rehabilitation programmes; and
(c) may,
subject to monetary limitations set by the Corporation, expend money of the
Corporation in obtaining for an injured worker services and equipment that may
assist towards rehabilitation; and
(d)
shall consult with employers with a view to expediting the return to work of
injured workers.
(3) A statement made
by or to a rehabilitation adviser about a worker who is participating in a
rehabilitation program must not be disclosed in proceedings under this Act
unless—
(a) the
rehabilitation adviser and the worker consent to the disclosure; or
(b)
the statement is relevant to an allegation of fraud or dishonesty in criminal
proceedings against the worker.