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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 77C Grant, &c., of accreditation

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 77C

Grant, &c., of accreditation

(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , the Board may, by notice in writing served on –
(a) a medical practitioner, grant, or refuse to grant, to the medical practitioner accreditation to assess the degree of a worker's permanent impairment; or
(b) a person, grant, or refuse to grant, to the person accreditation as a workplace rehabilitation provider.
(1A)  The Board may grant accreditation to a person, whether the person is a natural person or a body corporate.
(1B)  The Board must determine, by instrument in writing, the Board's requirements for accreditation.
(1C)  The Board may, by instrument in writing, amend or revoke a determination under subsection (1B) of the Board's requirements for accreditation.
(1D)  The Board must give notice in the Gazette of –
(a) a determination under subsection (1B) or an amendment or revocation under subsection (1C) ; and
(b) the place, which may be an internet address, at which copies of the determination, amendment or revocation may be viewed, downloaded or purchased.
(1E)  A determination under subsection (1B) or an amendment or revocation under subsection (1C) comes into effect on and from –
(a) the day on which notice of the issuing of the determination, amendment or revocation is published in the Gazette under subsection (1D) ; or
(b) a later day specified in the notice.
(1F)  The Board must ensure that copies of a determination under subsection (1B) or an amendment or revocation under subsection (1C) are, while the determination is in effect, available for purchasing or viewing at a place, which may be an internet address, of which notice has been given in the Gazette .
(1G)  A notice under subsection (1D) is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .
(2)  The Board is not to grant accreditation to a medical practitioner or person unless it is satisfied that the medical practitioner or person –
(a) has satisfied the Board's requirements under subsection (1B) ; and
(ab) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(b) has agreed to comply with the relevant requirements of this Act and any relevant regulations, guidelines and rules of practice and procedure issued under this Act.
(3)  The Board may grant accreditation subject to the conditions or restrictions it thinks fit.