Reference by court to medical referees

(1) The court may, subject to regulations made under this Act, submit to three medical referees for report thereon any matter of a medical character which seems material to any question arising in the course of the proceedings before the (2) When the court has decided to refer a matter to medical referees by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, the court shall fix the time within which the parties may come to an agreement as to the choice of the medical referees, and failing an agreement, the court shall refer the matter to three medical referees chosen by the court. (3) Medical referees to whom any reference is made under this section shall, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, give individual or joint certificates of their findings and the certificate or certificates shall be conclusive evidence as to the matters so certified. (4) The Minister may by regulation prescribe the duties of the medical referees in cases of reference made under this section, and the forms to be used.