The reasons of a medical panel constituted under the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) are not admissible in evidence in proceedings under that Act, whether under s.48(1) (as a 'report') or by operation of s.10 of the Administrative Law Act 1978 (Vic). Section 10 of the Administrative Law Act operates only in the context of judicial review proceedings and does not apply to make tribunal reasons part of decisions for the purposes of other statutory schemes. A party who contends that a medical panel's opinion is affected by error must seek judicial review in a superior court rather than seeking to tender the reasons before the court that referred the medical questions.
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