Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Any attendance of a worker before a Medical Panel must be in private, unless the Medical Panel considers that it is necessary for another person to be present.
(2) If a worker is a minor or a person under a disability, the Medical Panel must permit a representative of the worker to be present.
(3) In this section, "representative of the worker" means—
(a) if proceedings have not been commenced in respect of the worker's claim, an administrator appointed in respect of the worker under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 ; or
(b) if proceedings have commenced in respect of the worker's claim—
(i) the worker's litigation guardian; or
(ii) a person appointed by the court to be a representative of the worker for the purposes of subsection (2).