WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 98G
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 98G
98G—Powers and procedures on a referral
(1) A Medical Panel
may ask a worker—
(a) to
meet with the Medical Panel and answer questions;
(b) to
supply copies of all documents in the possession of the worker which relate to
the medical question to the Medical Panel;
(c) to
submit to a medical examination by the Medical Panel or by a member of the
Medical Panel.
(2) A person or body
referring a medical question to a Medical Panel must submit a document to the
Medical Panel specifying—
(a) the
injury or alleged injury to, or in respect of, which the medical question
relates;
(b) the
facts or questions of fact relevant to the medical question which the person
or body is satisfied have been agreed and those facts or questions that are in
dispute.
(3) A person or body
referring a medical question to a Medical Panel must submit copies of all
documents relating to the medical question in the possession of that person or
body to the Medical Panel.
(4) If a Medical Panel
requests and the worker consents, a medical expert who has provided a medical
service to a worker in relation to the relevant compensable injury must—
(a) meet
with the Medical Panel and answer questions; and
(b)
supply relevant documents to the Medical Panel.
(5) If a worker
unreasonably refuses to comply with subsection (1)
or in any way hinders an examination—
(a) the
worker's rights to recover compensation under this Act with respect to the
injury; or
(b) the
worker's rights to weekly payments,
may be suspended by the Corporation until the examination has taken place in
accordance with the requirements of the Medical Panel (and any weekly payments
that would otherwise be payable during the period of suspension are
forfeited).
(6) Any attendance of
a worker before a Medical Panel must be in private, unless the Medical Panel
considers that it is necessary for another person to be present.
(7) Information given
to a Medical Panel cannot be used in subsequent proceedings unless—
(a) the
proceedings are before the Tribunal or a court under this Act; or
(b) the
worker consents to the use of the information; or
(c) the
proceedings are for an offence against this Act.