25Subpoena to medical expert

25 Subpoena to medical expert

25 Subpoena to medical expert

(1) Where a subpoena requires a medical expert to attend in Sydney on a specified date for the purposes of giving evidence on medical matters, the subpoena may not be served on the expert later than 21 days before the date so specified unless the Tribunal otherwise orders.

(2) The parties may not by consent abridge the time fixed by or under subrule (1).

(3) A party may request the issue of a subpoena for production in the approved form requiring a medical expert to attend and produce medical records or clear sharp photocopies of them.

(4) A subpoena requested under subrule (3) must not require the person named to attend or produce any document on any date specified unless the amount of $28 is paid or tendered to the person at the time of service of the subpoena or not later than a reasonable time before that specified date.

(5) Rule 15 (Conduct money) does not apply to a subpoena requested under subrule (3).

(6) Rule 17 (Production by non-party) applies to the photocopies as it applies to the records.