129   Power to correct mistakes in medical reports or certificates

(cf former s 136A)

(1)  A medical referee or medical panel may, of the referee’s or panel’s own motion or on the application of a party to proceedings (and without formally reconvening), correct a certificate or report given by the referee or panel if it contains:

(a)  a clerical mistake, or

(b)  an error arising from an accidental slip or omission, or

(c)  a material miscalculation of figures or material mistake in the description of any person, thing or matter referred to in the certificate or report, or

(d)  a defect of form.

(2)  This section applies to a medical certificate given by a medical specialist pursuant to section 121 as if the medical specialist were a medical referee.