64Costs of medical assessment

64 Costs of medical assessment

64 Costs of medical assessment

(1) The costs of medical assessments under this Part are payable by the insurer, except as otherwise provided by the regulations.

(2) The Authority may, for the purposes of meeting those costs, impose fees for the carrying out of medical assessments or make other arrangements for meeting those costs.

(3) The costs of medical assessments under this Part include the following—

(a) the remuneration of medical assessors,

(b) the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the injured person, and by a parent or other carer of the injured person in order to accompany the injured person, in attending the medical assessor or assessors for the purposes of the assessment,

(c) any costs incurred by the Authority in connection with medical assessments under this Part,

(d) such other costs in connection with medical assessments under this Part as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(4) A reference in this section to medical assessment includes a reference to the review of medical assessments.

(5) The regulations may prescribe a rate at which the cost of travel by any specified mode of transport is to be calculated for the purposes of the payment of travel costs under this section.

s 64: Am 2007 No 95, Sch 1 [34] [35].