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Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
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### 53 Representation before medical panel
> *\[Section 53 Amended by No. 43 of 1993, s. 10 \]**\[Section 53 Amended by No. 16 of 1995, s. 91 and Sched. 1 \]*[*\[Section 53 Substituted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 28, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS28@EN)
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> > (1) A worker in respect of whom a claim for compensation relates is not entitled to be represented by any person at any attendance before a medical panel unless it appears to the medical panel that the worker should be allowed to be so represented.
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> > (2) A worker is entitled to be accompanied by a person of his or her choice at any attendance before a medical panel.