32Appeal to medical referee

32 Appeal to medical referee

(1)  *[Section 32 Subsection (1) amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*If an employee or his employer is dissatisfied with a certificate (other than a certificate given on an initial medical examination) given by a certifying medical officer under this Act in relation to the employee, the employee or the employer, as the case may be, may appeal, as prescribed, to a medical referee against the certificate.

(2)  *[Section 32 Subsection (2) amended by No. 44 of 1993, s. 14 and Sched. 1 ]*The matter of an appeal under this section shall be decided by the medical referee, who shall certify his decision, in writing, to the Secretary.

(3)  A certificate of a medical referee under this section is conclusive as to all matters contained therein in relation to the health of the employee to whom it relates.