Section 39:

39. Minister may appoint medical referees (1) The Minister may appoint qualified medical practitioners to be medical referees for the purposes of this Act, and the remuneration of, and other expenses incurred by, medical referees under this Act, shall, subject to regulations made by the Minister, and except so far as they are defrayed by fees received from the parties under this Act, be defrayed from the Consolidated Fund. (2) Where a medical referee has been employed as a medical practitioner in connection with any case by or on behalf of an employer or workman or by any insurer interested, he shall not act as medical referee in that case.