6Appointment of referees and medical panels

6 Appointment of referees and medical panels

6 Appointment of referees and medical panels

(1) A medical assessor under the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 is taken to be a referee for the purposes of this Act and for that purpose has and may exercise all the functions of a medical assessor under that Act.

(2) The Minister may appoint as referees for the purposes of this Act persons who the Minister considers are qualified to assess a person’s loss of mental capacity.

(3) A person may be appointed under subsection (2) whether or not the person is a legally qualified medical practitioner.

(4) The chief executive may appoint 2 or more referees as a medical panel for the purposes of this Act.

(5) Referees shall be entitled to such remuneration from the Fund as the Minister considers fit in respect of anything done pursuant to this Act by them.

s 6: Am 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.10 [1]; 2002 No 23, Sch 1.8 [2]; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [7]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [2]; 2022 No 25, Sch 4.3.