Expanded Definition of Medical Disputes for Motor Accident Injury Claims

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No 2) 2025

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Medical disputes now include issues about medical assessments during court proceedings; merit reviews; or Commission claim assessments.
The Commission now refers matters for further medical assessment; this replaces the President.
Guidelines for services provided by relevant service providers must be published in the Gazette.
The Minister no longer has specific powers if a direction under the Pipelines Act is ignored.
Management plans and marine park notifications must be published on a relevant NSW Government website; this replaces the Regional NSW website.
The Secretary of the Department of Customer Service replaces the CEO for Service NSW operations.

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