Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011
49Commissioner to provide opinions of assessors and other medical practitioners to medical panel
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49 Commissioner to provide opinions of assessors and other medical practitioners to medical panel
(1) If the Commissioner refers a medical question in relation to a person to a medical panel, the Commissioner is to ensure that the referral is accompanied by any determination under section 45(3) in relation to the person or any notice, certificate, or other document, in relation to the person that the Commissioner has received from –
(a) an accredited impairment assessor; or
(b) a medical practitioner.
(2) The Commissioner is to ensure that a medical panel to which a medical question is referred by the Commissioner is provided with any other information in the possession of the Commissioner that is likely to assist the medical panel to determine the medical question referred to the panel.