(1) An expense is a
miscellaneous expense if it is for an assessment of the worker’s degree
of permanent impairment requested by the worker for any of the following
purposes (each an allowable purpose ) —
(a)
establishing eligibility for compensation under Division 7 as required by
section 105;
(b)
satisfying the requirements of section 421;
(c)
obtaining a special increase in the medical and health expenses general limit
amount as required by section 79.
(2) Only
1 assessment for each allowable purpose is compensable under this section
together with any assessment for any previous attempt at obtaining the
assessment if the previous attempt resulted in a finding that the
worker’s condition had not stabilised to the extent required for the
assessment to be made.