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Industrial Relations Act 2016
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### sec.350 Right to inspect particular records
After entering a workplace under section 348 , an authorised officer may ask—
to inspect an applicable record; or
to be given electronic access to an applicable record; or
to be given a document or other record reasonably required by the officer to verify the accuracy of a record inspected or accessed under paragraph (a) or (b) .
Subject to section 354 , an employer must comply with the request.
Maximum penalty—27 penalty units.
However, an employer must not comply with the request to the extent that doing so is contrary to a written direction about the time and wages records of an employee, or a person eligible to be a member employee, given under section 351 .
Maximum penalty—27 penalty units.
The officer may make a copy of the record or document, but can not require help from the employer.
If the employer keeps particulars other than those mentioned in section 339 in an applicable record, the employer need not make the other particulars available for inspection under subsection (2) .
In this section—
applicable record means—
the time and wages record of—
a member employee; or
a person who is eligible to become a member employee; or
a record required to be kept under the code made under section 393 .
(sec.350-ssec.1) After entering a workplace under section 348 , an authorised officer may ask— to inspect an applicable record; or to be given electronic access to an applicable record; or to be given a document or other record reasonably required by the officer to verify the accuracy of a record inspected or accessed under paragraph (a) or (b) .
(sec.350-ssec.2) Subject to section 354 , an employer must comply with the request. Maximum penalty—27 penalty units.
(sec.350-ssec.3) However, an employer must not comply with the request to the extent that doing so is contrary to a written direction about the time and wages records of an employee, or a person eligible to be a member employee, given under section 351 . Maximum penalty—27 penalty units.
(sec.350-ssec.4) The officer may make a copy of the record or document, but can not require help from the employer.
(sec.350-ssec.5) If the employer keeps particulars other than those mentioned in section 339 in an applicable record, the employer need not make the other particulars available for inspection under subsection (2) .
(sec.350-ssec.6) In this section— applicable record means— the time and wages record of— a member employee; or a person who is eligible to become a member employee; or a record required to be kept under the code made under section 393 .
- (a) to inspect an applicable record; or
- (b) to be given electronic access to an applicable record; or
- (c) to be given a document or other record reasonably required by the officer to verify the accuracy of a record inspected or accessed under paragraph (a) or (b) .
- (a) the time and wages record of— (i) a member employee; or (ii) a person who is eligible to become a member employee; or
- (i) a member employee; or
- (ii) a person who is eligible to become a member employee; or
- (b) a record required to be kept under the code made under section 393 .
- (i) a member employee; or
- (ii) a person who is eligible to become a member employee; or