Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) A certificate of
capacity, in relation to a worker’s injury, must —
(a) be
in the approved form; and
(b)
specify the following —
(i)
the nature of the injury;
(ii)
whether the worker has an incapacity for work and the
extent of the incapacity for work, if any;
(iii)
if the worker is partially incapacitated for
work — the nature of duties the worker is able to perform and the
nature of restrictions on the worker’s capacity for work;
(iv)
how long it is estimated the incapacity for work, if any,
will continue;
(v)
any other matter prescribed by the regulations.
(2) A certificate of
capacity must be issued by —
(a) the
worker’s treating medical practitioner; or
(b)
another health professional permitted under the regulations to issue the
certificate.
(3) The regulations
may —
(a)
permit a health professional to issue a certificate of capacity by reference
to —
(i)
the health professional or a class of health
professionals; and
(ii)
the circumstances in which the health professional is
permitted to issue a certificate of capacity;
and
(b)
specify circumstances in which a health professional is not permitted to issue
a certificate of capacity.