Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
51Determination by medical panel
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51 Determination by medical panel
[Section 51 Subsection (1) amended by No. 43 of 1993, s. 9 ]**[Section 51 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1993, s. 9 ][Section 51 Substituted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 28, Applied:01 Jul 2001]
(1) If 2 or more members of a medical panel are in agreement as to the determination of a medical question, the determination of those members is taken to be the determination of the panel.
(2) A medical panel is to make its determination as soon as practicable and, in any event, within 28 days after the medical question has been referred to it.
(3) If the members of a medical panel do not agree as to the determination of a medical question, the question is to be returned to the Tribunal for its determination.