Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If a worker unreasonably refuses to comply with a request under section 307 or in any way hinders the examination—
(a) the worker's rights to recover
compensation under this Act or the
Accident Compensation Act 1985
with respect to the injury; or
(b) the worker's rights to weekly payments under this Act or the Accident Compensation Act 1985 —
are suspended until the examination has taken place.
(2) When the examination takes place, any period between the date on which the request was made or the worker in any way hindered the examination and the date of the examination must be taken into account for the purpose of calculating, subject to this Act, a period of time for the purposes of this Act or the Accident Compensation Act 1985 .
(3) Any weekly payments which would otherwise be payable during the period of suspension are forfeited.