Where the Commissioner of Police certifies a 'notional' date of injury for a police officer's psychological infirmity, that certification constitutes a deemed date of injury under ss 15 or 16 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, and neither the STC nor the District Court may reconsider the Commissioner's classification of the injury as a disease. Section 323 of the Workplace Injury Act is not engaged where a single compensable injury has been certified, but the transitional provisions in Sch 6, Pt 18C, cl 3 may still require a reduction for impairment due to pre-2002 events. On a statutory appeal limited to decisions 'in point of law' under s 142N of the District Court Act 1973, a ground of inadequate reasons must be identified as a decision in point of law, which will only arise in extreme cases.
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