Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011

The referral of a dispute to the Tribunal is to be accompanied by all evidentiary material on which the Commissioner intends to rely at the hearing of the matter.

If the Commissioner fails to lodge evidentiary material under subsection (2), the Commissioner may not rely on that material unless the Tribunal otherwise allows.

A party may not adduce evidence from a medical practitioner or other expert at a hearing unless – a report on, or proof of, the evidence from the expert on which the party intends to rely has been disclosed to the other parties to the hearing; or the Tribunal otherwise permits.