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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
275Certain employee records to be kept and provided to police
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275 Certain employee records to be kept and provided to police
(1) If a person is employed at business premises and the person's
functions include entering into contracts at the premises, the
licensee must ensure that the following are kept in relation to the
person:
(a) a record of the person's full name, current residential address
and date of birth;
(b) a photograph of the person, certified by the licensee to be a
true photograph of the employee;
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(c) all records provided by the person by way of:
(i) the person's application for employment at the premises;
and
(ii) the licensee's compliance with a condition of the licence.
(2) Records referred to in subsection (1) are to be kept for 12 months
after the day the employee ceases to be employed at the premises.
(3) An authorised officer may require a licensee to produce for
inspection a record kept under this section and the licensee must
not refuse or fail to comply with the request.
(4) A person employed at business premises whose functions include
entering into contracts at the premises must, at all times while
engaged on the business of the licensee, display such
identification, if any, as prescribed.
(5) A person employed at business premises must not enter into a
contract for the purchase of goods from, or the exchange of goods
with, another person unless the employee's employer has permitted
the employee to enter into contracts for the purchase or exchange
of goods.
(6) Where an employee is found guilty of an offence against
subsection (5), his or her employer is guilty of an offence.
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