Victorian Current Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 310

    (1)     Any attendance of a worker before a Medical Panel must be in private, unless the Medical Panel considers that it is necessary for another person to be present.

    (2)     If a worker is a minor or a person under a disability, the Medical Panel must permit a representative of the worker to be present.

    (3)     In this section, "representative of the worker" means—

S. 310(3)(a) amended by No. 13/2019 s. 221(Sch.  1 item 62).

        (a)     if proceedings have not been commenced in respect of the worker's claim, an administrator appointed for the worker under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 ; or

        (b)     if proceedings have commenced in respect of the worker's claim—

              (i)     the worker's litigation guardian; or

              (ii)     a person appointed by the court to be a representative of the worker for the purposes of subsection (2).