145Medical assessment certificate

145 Medical assessment certificate

145 Medical assessment certificate

(1) The medical assessor to whom a medical dispute is referred must give a certificate (a medical assessment certificate) about the matters referred for assessment.

(2) A medical assessment certificate must be in a form approved by the President and must—

(a) set out details of the matters referred for assessment, and

(b) certify the medical assessor’s assessment in relation to the matters, and

(c) set out the medical assessor’s reasons for the assessment, and

(d) set out the facts on which the assessment is based.

(3) If the President is satisfied a medical assessment certificate contains an obvious error, the President may issue, or approve the medical assessor issuing, a replacement medical assessment certificate to correct the error.

(4) A medical assessor is competent to give evidence about matters in a certificate given by the assessor under this section, but may not be compelled to give evidence.