24Medical issues

24 Medical issues S. 24(1) amended by No. 4/1996 s. 10(1)(a). (1) If an issue arises— (a) about whether a contributor or former contributor is disabled; or (b) about the extent of any disability from which a contributor or former contributor is suffering; or (c) about whether any disability is due to the fault of a contributor or former contributor— the issue must be decided by the Board after receiving reports from at least 2 registered medical practitioners appointed by the Board as medical officers for the purposes of this Act. S. 24(2) amended by Nos 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 18.1), 4/1996 s. 10(1)(b), 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 18), 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. item 21). (2) After the Board receives the reports from the medical officers and before a decision on the issue which is adverse to a contributor or former contributor is made, that person has a right to obtain a second report from a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student) who is agreed upon by the contributor or former contributor, and the Board. S. 24(3) inserted by No. 4/1996 s. 10(2). (3) This section extends and applies to— (a) a member or former member of the ESSPLAN Scheme; (b) a transferred beneficiary within the meaning of section 22B. S. 25 repealed by No. 110/1993 s. 144, new s. 25 inserted by No. 40/2010 s. 14.