A Medical Appeal Panel under the WIMWC Act conducts a review de novo of the original medical assessment once the Registrar is satisfied that at least one ground of appeal exists; the Panel is not confined to correcting the assessment in relation to the established ground. The privative clause in s 350 does not protect Appeal Panel decisions from judicial review. The Panel is not required to provide detailed reasons conforming with s 325(2). The expression 'incorrect criteria' in s 327(3)(c) refers to the incorrect application of relevant assessment guides to the worker's clinical presentation, not merely to methodology or to incorrect fact-finding.
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