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Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
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Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
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129 Power to correct mistakes in medical reports or certificates
(cf former s 136A)
(1) A medical referee or medical panel may, of the referee’s or panel’s own motion or on the application of a party to proceedings (and without formally reconvening), correct a certificate or report given by the referee or panel if it contains—
(a) a clerical mistake, or
(b) an error arising from an accidental slip or omission, or
(c) a material miscalculation of figures or material mistake in the description of any person, thing or matter referred to in the certificate or report, or
(d) a defect of form.
(2) This section applies to a medical certificate given by a medical specialist pursuant to section 121 as if the medical specialist were a medical referee.