Section Sch1-25 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Conduct of occupational assessment

25 Conduct of occupational assessment (1) An occupational assessor undertaking an occupational assessment as part of an assessment of a claimant's vocational independence under section 108 must— (a) take into account information provided by the Corporation and the claimant; and (b) consider the individual rehabilitation plan prepared for the claimant and review the vocational rehabilitation carried out under the plan; and (c) discuss with the claimant all the types of work that the assessor identifies as suitable for the claimant; and (d) consider any comments the claimant makes to the assessor about those types of work. (1A) In considering the suitability of the types of work referred to in subclause (1)(c), the occupational assessor must take into account, among other things, the claimant’s earnings before the claimant’s incapacity. (2) The Corporation must provide to an occupational assessor all information the Corporation has that is relevant to an occupational assessment. Schedule 1 clause 25(1A): inserted, on 1 October 2008, by section 33(1) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 46).