An erroneous construction of s 32(5)(a) of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2000 (Qld) by the President of the Industrial Court does not amount to jurisdictional error where the President embarked upon an orthodox analysis of the statutory language, even if the construction adopted may be incorrect. The privative clause in s 349 of the Industrial Relations Act 1999 (Qld) protects such decisions from judicial review.
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