WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 293B

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 293B

293B .         Arbitration rules

        (1)         The Minister may make rules (the arbitration rules ) prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by arbitration rules, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed by arbitration rules for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), arbitration rules may make provision for or with respect to —

            (a)         the organisation and management of the business of the Arbitration Service; and

            (b)         records of the Arbitration Service; and

            (c)         the practice and procedure governing the jurisdiction, functions and proceedings of arbitrators; and

            (d)         assessment of, and orders as to, costs as defined in section 261; and

            (e)         limiting the number of medical reports in connection with a claim or any aspect of a claim and, in particular, limiting the number of medical reports that may be admitted in evidence in a proceeding before an arbitrator; and

            (f)         limiting the number of expert witnesses that may be called by any party in a proceeding before an arbitrator and otherwise restricting the calling of expert witnesses by a party; and

            (g)         the practice and procedure governing medical assessment panels, approved medical specialist panels and specialised retraining assessment panels.

        [Section 293B inserted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 22.]