Western Australian Current Regulations

POLICE (COMPENSATION SCHEME) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 6

6 .         Provision of information and documents relevant to assessment

        (1)         An approved permanent impairment assessor conducting an assessment of a member’s or medically retired member’s degree of permanent impairment may —

            (a)         require the member or medically retired member or the Police Commissioner to produce any relevant document or provide any relevant information to the approved permanent impairment assessor; and

            (b)         require the member or medically retired member or the Police Commissioner to consent to another person who has any relevant document or information producing the document or providing the information to the approved permanent impairment assessor.

        (2)         A requirement under subregulation (1)(a) or (b) must —

            (a)         be given in writing to the member, medically retired member or the Police Commissioner, as the case requires; and

            (b)         include the following —

                  (i)         the name, address and contact details of the member or medically retired member and any other details necessary to identify the member or medically retired member;

                  (ii)         the member’s or medically retired member’s date of birth;

                  (iii)         details of any relevant document or information to which the requirement applies;

                  (iv)         any information that relates to the medical condition from which the impairment resulted;

                  (v)         the approved permanent impairment assessor’s name;

                  (vi)         details sufficient to enable the approved permanent impairment assessor to be contacted;

                  (vii)         the relevant provisions of the Act for the purposes of which the assessment is to be made;

                and

            (c)         in the case of a requirement under subregulation (1)(b) — also include the name of the person who has the relevant document or information.

        (3)         A requirement under subregulation (1)(a) or (b) must be complied with not later than 28 days after the day on which the person who is required to comply with the requirement is given the requirement.

        (4)         A member or medically retired member may provide the approved permanent impairment assessor with any documents and information the member or medically retired member considers are relevant to making the assessment.

        (5)         Documents and information provided under subregulation (4) must be provided within —

            (a)         if the approved permanent impairment assessor gives the member or medically retired member a requirement under subregulation (1)(a) — the period within which that requirement must be complied with under subregulation (3); or

            (b)         otherwise — 28 days after the day on which the request was made under regulation 4(2) in relation to the assessment.

        (6)         Subregulation (4) is in addition to, and does not limit, subregulations (1) to (3).

        [Regulation 6 amended: SL 2024/101 r. 6 and 20.]