Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651:section:15c:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15C (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 48785–51501

the day on which the notice was given.

Reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred in attending medical examination
 (11) If:
 (a) the person submits himself or herself for medical examination in accordance with a notice under subsection (7); and
 (b) the person incurs, in respect of attendance at that examination, expenses in respect of:
 (i) transport; or
 (ii) accommodation; or
 (iii) the purchase of food or drink; or
 (iv) incidental matters;
the Trust may determine that the person is entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth an amount equal to so much of those expenses as the Trust considers reasonable. The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purposes of this subsection.

Decision on review
 (12) For the purposes of the review, the Trust must make a decision:
 (a) confirming the person's classification; or
 (b) if the person is a class 1 invalid—re‑classifying the person as a class 2 invalid or as a class 3 invalid; or
 (c) if the person is a class 2 invalid—re‑classifying the person as a class 1 invalid or as a class 3 invalid.
The re‑classification must be in accordance with the classification table set out in section 15B according to the percentage of the person's incapacity in relation to non‑parliamentary employment.

Decision on review to be made on the basis of the original physical or mental impairment
 (13) In determining, for the purposes of this section, the percentage of the person's incapacity in relation to non‑parliamentary employment, the Trust or a medical practitioner, as the case may be, is to ignore any physical or mental impairment of the person unless the impairment is of a kind that:
 (a) was specified in the determination made under section 15A in relation to the person; or
 (b) is related to an impairment of a kind that was specified in that determination.

When re‑classification takes effect
 (14) If the Trust decides to re‑classify the person, the Trust must specify a date as the date on which the re‑classification takes effect. The date must not be earlier than the date on which the decision was made.

Re‑classification to be treated as a classification
 (15) If the Trust decides to re‑classify the person, the Trust is taken to have classified the person accordingly on the day on which the re‑classification takes effect.

Notification of decision on review
 (16) If the Trust makes a decision under subsection (12), the Trust must give the person a written notice setting out the decision.

Re‑classification as a class 3 invalid—reduction of benefit
 (17) If the Trust decides to re‑classify the person as a class 3 invalid, the benefit payable to the person under paragraph 18(2AA)(e) is to be reduced (but not below 0) by the