A court exercising the power to refer a matter again for medical assessment under s 62(1) of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 cannot confine the referral to the degree of permanent impairment while excluding the question of causation. The court's finding on causation, made for the purpose of deciding to refer again, does not bind the parties in the subsequent medical assessment. Under the unamended Act, the conclusive effect of a medical assessment certificate under s 61(2)(a) extends to the element of causation of permanent impairment by the motor accident.
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