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In forceDisputes about interim period assessment
Schedule 6Savings, transitional and other provisions
Part 19SFurther provisions consequent on commencement of Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2025 and Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Act 2026
Division 2Assessments in interim period
11 Disputes about interim period assessment
(1)
If, following an interim period assessment, the injured worker and the insurer are unable to agree on the worker’s degree of permanent impairment—
(a)
the insurer must give notice of the decision not to enter into the agreement in accordance with the 1998 Act, sections 78 and 79, and
(b)
either party may elect to have the disagreement determined by the Commission as a medical dispute under the 1998 Act, Chapter 7, Part 7.
(2)
A party electing to have the disagreement dealt with as a medical dispute must, when making the election, present medical evidence supporting the party’s position.
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