Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LIFETIME CARE AND SUPPORT (CATASTROPHIC INJURIES) ACT 2014 (NO. 11 OF 2014) - SECT 37

    (1)     This section applies if an eligibility assessment panel is convened under section 35 to determine a dispute about an injured person's eligibility to participate in the LTCS scheme.

    (2)     The eligibility assessment panel must—

        (a)     either—

              (i)     confirm the LTCS commissioner's decision (the original decision ) under section 19 (LTCS scheme—acceptance as participant); or

              (ii)     revoke the original decision and substitute its own decision; and

        (b)     give the LTCS commissioner a certificate of its decision in relation to the dispute, setting out the reasons for the decision.

    (3)     The LTCS commissioner must give a copy of the eligibility assessment panel's certificate to the injured person within 5 working days after the day the LTCS commissioner receives the certificate.

    (4)     The eligibility assessment panel may correct an error in the certificate that arises from a clerical mistake or accidental slip or omission.