Western Australian Current Regulations

POLICE (COMPENSATION SCHEME) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 4

4 .         Assessment of degree of permanent impairment

        (1)         The Police Commissioner must notify a medically retired member to whom section 33ZW(4)(b) of the Act applies of the procedure to determine the amount of compensation to which the medically retired member is entitled under section 33ZW(3) of the Act.

        (2)         A member to whom section 33ZW(4)(a) of the Act applies or a medically retired member to whom section 33ZW(4)(a) or (b) of the Act applies may request the Police Commissioner to arrange for the assessment of the member’s or medically retired member’s degree of permanent impairment.

        (3)         The request must —

            (a)         be in the approved form; and

            (b)         contain all the information that the approved form indicates is required.

        (4)         The Police Commissioner must arrange for the assessment to be conducted by an approved permanent impairment assessor selected by the member or medically retired member.

        [Regulation 4 amended: SL 2024/101 r. 20.]