Under s.45(1)(b) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic), when a party requests referral of a medical question to a medical panel, the court must refer the underlying issue if it falls within the s.5 definition and is relevant, even if the precise wording needs refinement. The court cannot refuse referral by deciding the medical issue itself and then ruling the proposed question irrelevant. The word 'requests' in s.45(1)(b) is to be read liberally as referring to the substance of the request, not its form.
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