WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 146T

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 146T

146T .         Specialised retraining assessment panel, constituting

        (1)         On a question being referred under section 158D(2) for assessment by a specialised retraining assessment panel, the Registrar is to select 3 persons who are registered under section 146S to be the panel that is to make the assessment.

        (2)         Of the members of the panel —

            (a)         one is to be an occupational physician who is an approved medical specialist;

            (b)         one is to be a person —

                  (i)         who in the opinion of WorkCover WA, has knowledge of, and experience in, matters relating to the labour market; and

                  (ii)         who is not an officer of WorkCover WA;

            (c)         one is to be an officer of WorkCover WA who is experienced in the review of injury management.

        (3)         A person is not eligible to be a member of the panel if the person —

            (a)         has treated or examined the worker concerned in a professional capacity; or

            (b)         has had dealings with, or has knowledge of, the worker concerned in a professional capacity.

        (4)         The Registrar is to nominate one of the members of the panel to be its chairman.

        [Section 146T inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 110; amended: No. 31 of 2011 s. 75.]