(1) An approved
permanent impairment assessor (the assessor ) conducting an assessment of a
worker’s degree of permanent impairment may —
(a) in
accordance with the regulations, require the worker to attend at a place
specified by the assessor; and
(b) in
accordance with the regulations, require the worker to produce any relevant
document or provide any relevant information to the assessor; and
(c) in
accordance with the regulations, require the worker to consent to another
person who has any relevant document or information producing the document or
providing the information to the assessor; and
(d)
require the worker to undergo specified medical tests and assessments and
provide the assessor with results and reports from those tests and
assessments; and
(e)
require the worker to answer any question about the injury; and
(f)
require the worker to submit to examination by, or as requested by, the
assessor.
(2) The assessor may,
in accordance with the regulations, require the employer or the
employer’s insurer to —
(a)
produce any relevant document or provide any relevant information to the
assessor; and
(b)
consent to another person who has any relevant document or information
producing the document or providing the information to the assessor.
(3) An employer or
insurer who fails to comply with a requirement imposed by an assessor under
this section commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of
$5 000.
(4) If a worker fails
to comply with a requirement imposed by an assessor under this section, the
assessor may defer making the assessment of the worker’s degree of
permanent impairment until the worker complies with the requirement.
(5) Regulations may be
made for or with respect to the period within which a requirement imposed by
an assessor under this section must be complied with if the period for
complying is not specified in the requirement.
(6) WorkCover WA may
disclose to the assessor any information that WorkCover WA has in relation to
the worker that may be relevant to the assessment of the worker’s degree
of permanent impairment.
(7) An assessment is
not to be vitiated because of any informality or want of form.