29Board may require information

29 Board may require information (1) The Board may require— S. 29(1)(a) amended by No. 84/1998 s. 15(a). (a) any employer to provide any returns and information relating to any contributor, including the name, sex, date of birth, date of appointment, date of commencement of duty, hours of duty and changes in hours of duty, rate of salary and changes in the rate of salary, and tax file number, of that contributor and to provide the returns and information within the times and in the form specified by the Board; or S. 29(1)(b) amended by Nos 84/1998 s. 15(b), 27/2001 s. 5(Sch. 3 item 2.6). (b) any employee or pensioner or the partner or child of any deceased employee or pensioner to furnish the returns and information (including the tax file number of the employee or pensioner) the Board requires within the times specified by the Board for the purposes of this Act; or (c) a person claiming to be entitled to benefits to produce any document or provide any information it thinks necessary within the times specified by the Board before it pays the whole or part of those benefits. S. 29(2) amended by No. 82/1996 s. 17(1). (2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, does not provide any of the returns, information or documents required to the Board within the times specified by the Board is liable to a penalty of not more than 10 penalty units. S. 29(3) inserted by No. 82/1996 s. 17(2). (3) The Board may at any time require— S. 29(3)(a) amended by No. 84/1998 s. 15(c). (a) a participating employer to furnish any returns and information (including tax file numbers) with respect to any person as the Board may require for the purpose of the ESSPLAN Scheme; and (b) any person entitled or claiming to be entitled to a benefit to furnish any returns and information (including the report of any registered medical practitioner) as the Board may require for the purposes of the ESSPLAN Scheme. S. 29(4) inserted by No. 82/1996 s. 17(2). (4) Subject to the **Freedom of Information Act 1982**, the Board must not disclose other than with the written consent of the member to any person except a court or the person to whom the report relates, information contained in the report of a registered medical practitioner given to the Board under subsection (3)(b). S. 29(5) inserted by No. 82/1996 s. 17(2). (5) Despite any Act or rule of law or practice to the contrary, the Board is not prevented on the ground of medical professional privilege from producing in any legal proceedings any report referred to in subsection (4). S. 29A inserted by No. 54/1993 s. 3, repealed by No. 110/1993 s. 146, new s. 29A inserted by No. 4/1996 s. 11.