(1)  The Tribunal is to keep and maintain a register of suitably qualified medical practitioners who are willing to be selected on a medical panel.

(2)  On the referral of a medical question to a medical panel, the Tribunal is to select 2 or 3 practitioners, at least one of whom is to be a general practitioner, from the register to form the medical panel.

(3)  At least one of the medical practitioners is to have particular expertise in the medical field to which the question relates.

(4)  The Tribunal must appoint one of the medical practitioners to be chairperson of the panel.

(5)  The Tribunal must not nominate a medical practitioner to be a member of a medical panel for the purpose of obtaining a determination in response to a medical question in respect of a worker if the medical practitioner –

(a) has, in any capacity other than as a member of a medical panel, been involved in the examination or treatment of, or has provided medical services (including an assessment of impairment) to, the worker in relation to the injury in respect of which the medical advice or opinion is sought by the Tribunal; or

(b) informs the Tribunal that, for any reason, the medical practitioner's appointment to the medical panel could give rise to a conflict of interest.

(6)  The Tribunal is to ensure that the medical panel is provided with any information in its possession likely to assist in determining the medical question.