Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 500

(1) An insurer may refer the following matters in relation to an injury under this Act to the appropriate tribunal for decision on the medical matters involved—

(a) a worker's application for compensation for an alleged injury;

(b) a worker's capacity for work;

(c) a worker's injury under section 245(3)(b), 258(1)(a)(ii) or 262(1)(b)(iii) or (iv);

(d) a worker's impairment under section 160;

(e) a worker's permanent impairment under section 179;

(f) a worker's level of dependency under section 193;

(g) a worker's permanent impairment reviewable under section 266;

(h) a worker's disfigurement as a result of injury.

(2) An insurer may also, in relation to an injury mentioned in section 490A(1)(b), refer to the appropriate tribunal, for decision on the medical matters involved, a matter that could have been referred to a former tribunal under a former Act.