New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 325

325 Medical assessment certificate

(1) The medical assessor to whom a medical dispute is referred is to give a certificate (a
"medical assessment certificate" ) as to the matters referred for assessment.

(2) A medical assessment certificate is to be in a form approved by the President and is to--

(a) set out details of the matters referred for assessment, and

(b) certify as to the medical assessor's assessment with respect to those matters, and

(c) set out the medical assessor's reasons for that assessment, and

(d) set out the facts on which that assessment is based.

(3) If the President is satisfied that a medical assessment certificate contains an obvious error, the President may issue, or approve of the medical assessor issuing, a replacement medical assessment certificate to correct the error.

(4) A medical assessor is competent to give evidence as to matters in a certificate given by the assessor under this section, but may not be compelled to give evidence.