Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If, under the Rules, CSC engages a panel of persons to assist it to reach a decision:
(a) whether or not to approve invalidity retirement for a member who has not reached the age of 60; or
(b) in relation to the payment of preserved benefits; or
(ba) in relation to the payment of associate benefits; or
(c) in relation to the payment of an invalidity retirement benefit on the ground that a person was totally and permanently incapacitated on his or her last day as a member;
any cost specified in subsection (2) is payable from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
(2) Each of the following costs is specified for the purposes of subsection (1):
(a) any cost incurred in relation to the panel of persons;
(b) the cost of any medical examination that the person is required to undergo under the Rules to provide the panel with the medical evidence that it requires for the purpose of assisting CSC.
(3) Where CSC decides not to approve invalidity retirement for a member, the cost of any rehabilitation program recommended for the member under the Rules and undertaken by the member is payable from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.