New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 330

330 Costs of medical assessment

(1) The costs of medical assessments under this Part (including the remuneration of medical assessors) are payable by the employer or insurer, except as otherwise provided by the regulations. The Authority may, for the purposes of meeting those costs, impose fees for the carrying out of medical assessments or make other arrangements for meeting those costs.

(2) If a worker is required to submit himself or herself for examination pursuant to this Part, the worker is entitled to recover from the worker's employer, in addition to any compensation otherwise provided--

(a) the amount of any wages lost by the worker by reason of so submitting himself or herself for examination, and

(b) the cost to the worker of any fares, travelling expenses and maintenance necessarily and reasonably incurred in so submitting himself or herself.

(3) If it is necessary for a worker to travel in order to submit himself or herself for examination but the worker is not reasonably able to travel unescorted, the fares, travelling expenses and maintenance referred to in this section include fares, travelling expenses and maintenance necessarily and reasonably incurred by an escort for the worker provided to enable the worker to submit himself or herself for examination.

(4) If the cost of fares, travelling expenses and maintenance referred to in this section includes the cost of travel by private motor vehicle, that cost is to be calculated at such rate as is fixed for the purposes of section 64 of the 1987 Act.

(5) A reference in this section to a medical assessment includes a reference to a further medical assessment and an appeal against a medical assessment.