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Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
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### 51 Determination by medical panel
> *\[Section 51 Subsection (1) amended by No. 43 of 1993, s. 9 \]**\[Section 51 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1993, s. 9 \]*[*\[Section 51 Substituted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 28, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS28@EN)
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> > (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.
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> > (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.
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> > (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.