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WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 377

Special requirements relating to Workers Compensation Guidelines relating to impairment

377 Special requirements relating to Workers Compensation Guidelines relating to impairment

(1) This section applies to Workers Compensation Guidelines that relate to the assessment of the degree of permanent impairment of an injured worker as a result of an injury.
(2) Those Guidelines must be developed in consultation with relevant medical colleges, including the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the Australian Orthopaedic Association and other relevant colleges and associations.
(3) Sections 40 (Notice of statutory rules to be tabled) and 41 (Disallowance of statutory rules) of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to those Guidelines in the same way as those sections apply to statutory rules.



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