National Injury Insurance Scheme (Queensland) Act 2016
sec.120New medical information
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sec.120 New medical information
This section applies if— new information about a medical matter, other than information in a relevant document, comes to a medical tribunal’s knowledge when an injured person attends before the tribunal; or a medical tribunal receives a doctor’s report. The medical tribunal is not required to give the information or report to the agency or to anyone else for any purpose, either before or after the tribunal makes its decision. (sec.120-ssec.1) This section applies if— new information about a medical matter, other than information in a relevant document, comes to a medical tribunal’s knowledge when an injured person attends before the tribunal; or a medical tribunal receives a doctor’s report. (sec.120-ssec.2) The medical tribunal is not required to give the information or report to the agency or to anyone else for any purpose, either before or after the tribunal makes its decision.
- (a) new information about a medical matter, other than information in a relevant document, comes to a medical tribunal’s knowledge when an injured person attends before the tribunal; or
- (b) a medical tribunal receives a doctor’s report.