Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023

A Panel’s determination of the questions before it must be made as soon as practicable and in any event within 28 days after the Panel has obtained all the information and documents necessary for the making of the determination.

A Panel can make a determination without any physical examination of the worker concerned or the worker’s attendance before the Panel if the chairperson considers it appropriate to do so in a particular case.

A question is determined by a unanimous decision (if the Panel consists of 2 members) or majority decision (if the Panel consists of more than 2 members) of the members of the Panel but if there is no unanimous or majority decision a question is determined by the decision of the chairperson.

A Panel’s determination must be in writing in the approved form and must include the reasons for the determination.

A copy of the determination must be given to the CEO, the worker concerned, the worker’s employer and the employer’s insurer (if any) within 7 days after the determination is made.

The chairperson may correct any error that is apparent on the face of a determination.