502
CurrentReference about worker’s capacity for work
Chapter 11Medical assessment tribunals
Part 3Jurisdiction of tribunals
502 Reference about worker’s capacity for work
(1)
This section applies on a reference to a tribunal under section 500(1)(b).
(2)
A reference under section 500(1)(b) may be made at any time and from time to time.
(3)
The tribunal must decide—
(a)
whether, when it makes its decision, there exists in the worker an incapacity for work resulting from the injury for which the application for compensation was made; and
(b)
whether the incapacity—
(i)
is total or partial; and
(ii)
is permanent or temporary; and
(c)
if the worker has sustained an injury resulting in permanent impairment and the insurer asks—the DPI for the injury.
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