73Insurer to provide copies of reports to worker

#### 73 Insurer to provide copies of reports to worker 73 Insurer to provide copies of reports to worker (cf former s 93E) > > (1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to requiring an insurer to provide a worker, a worker’s legal representative or any other person with a copy of a specified report, or a report of a specified kind, obtained by the insurer in relation to a claim by the worker. > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the kind of reports to which the regulations under this section can apply include investigators’ reports, rehabilitation providers’ reports and reports of assessments under section 40A (Assessment of incapacitated worker’s ability to earn) of the 1987 Act. > > > (3) If an insurer fails to provide a copy of a report as required by the regulations under this section— > > > > > (a) the insurer cannot use the report to dispute liability to pay or continue to pay compensation or to reduce the amount of compensation to be paid and cannot use the report for any other purpose prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section, and > > > > > (b) the report is not admissible in proceedings on such a dispute before the Commission, and > > > > > (c) the report may not be disclosed to a medical assessor or an Appeal Panel in connection with the assessment of a medical dispute under Part 7 of Chapter 7. > > **s 73:** Am 2001 No 61, Sch 6.2 \[3\]; 2005 No 113, Sch 1.1 \[1\] \[2\]; 2020 No 18, Sch 6.11\[13\].