Work Health Court Rules 1999

an Act includes an Act of the Commonwealth.

assigned magistrate means a magistrate assigned by the managing magistrate under rule 1.11 to supervise a proceeding.

Authority means the Work Health Authority.

communication link means facilities (including telephone and closed-circuit television) that enable audio, audio visual or visual communication between persons at different places.

conciliation officer means a person authorised by the Chief Magistrate to preside at a conciliation conference.

corporation means a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001.

counterclaim means a claim in a proceeding:

Court includes a magistrate, a Judicial Registrar, the Registrar and an Assistant Registrar.

determination includes a decision and a judgment.

discovery means discovery and inspection of documents or discovery by written interrogatories.

document exchange facility means a document exchange facility approved for the time being by the Chief Justice on the recommendation of the Law Society Northern Territory.

file means to lodge in a registry or at a place approved by the Chief Magistrate as a place where documents may be lodged for the purposes of these Rules.

firm means an unincorporated body of persons (whether consisting of individuals or of corporations or partly of individuals and partly of corporations) associated together to conduct business.

hospital report means a statement in writing concerning a worker, made by or on behalf of a hospital, rehabilitation centre or other similar institution.

medical report:

(a) means a statement in writing by a medical expert concerning a worker; and

(b) includes a document (including a radiographic document) that the medical expert intends should be read with the statement, whether the document was in existence at the time the statement was made or was a document that he or she subsequently obtained or caused to be brought into existence.

order includes a direction, decision, determination and judgment, whether final or otherwise.

party, in relation to a proceeding, means the worker, employer, applicant or respondent or a person joined as a party.

pleading does not include an application commencing a proceeding or an appearance.

possession means possession, custody or power.

Registrar includes an Assistant Registrar and a Judicial Registrar.

registry means an office of a Registrar.

seal means the seal of the Court.

the Act means the Return to Work Act 1986.

(a) a person who commences or has commenced a proceeding in respect of a decision of his or her employer:

(iii) in relation to a matter or question incidental to or arising out of the person's claim for compensation,

is called the worker and the person against whom the proceeding is or was commenced is called the employer; and

(b) a person who commences or has commenced any other proceeding under the Act is called the applicant and the person against whom the proceeding is commenced is called the respondent.

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