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Workers Compensation Act 1951
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223 Regulation-making power
(1) The Executive may make regulations for this Act.
(2) A regulation may make provision in relation to the following:
(a) medical assessments of injured workers;
(b) the use of medical specialists in relation to compensable
injuries;
(c) the functions of medical referees appointed under this Act;
(d) what compulsory insurance policies must, and must not, include;
(e) how the performance of brokers and agents in relation to
workers compensation in the ACT may be monitored;
(f) the maximum fees and expenses that may be required for matters
dealt with under this Act in relation to the following:
(i) medical examinations or medical treatment;
(ii) legal services;
(iii) rehabilitation services;
(iv) investigative services;
(g) fees and expenses that may not, or may not for a period, be
claimed from a worker for a service provided in relation to a
compensable injury;
(h) the action that may be taken in relation to a licensed insurer,
licensed self-insurer or approved rehabilitation provider in
circumstances prescribed by regulation, including an order that
a licensed insurer or provider pay to the Territory an amount of
not more than $17 000;
(i) the accreditation of people to act as injury managers;
(j) arbitration of matters and questions arising under this Act,
including provision for the exclusion or modification of the
Commercial Arbitration Act 2017 in its application to such an
arbitration;
(k) protocols that may be approved by the Minister for this Act and
how they may be approved;
(l) the approval of brokers for this Act, including—
(i) the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether to
approve brokers; and
(ii) the conditions that may be imposed on approvals; and
(iii) how approvals may be renewed, suspended and revoked.
(3) A regulation may create offences and fix maximum penalties of not
more than 20 penalty units for the offences.
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