Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
59Certain documents to be supplied on request
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59 Certain documents to be supplied on request
(1) A relevant authority shall: (a) on request by a claimant—give to the claimant any document held by the authority that relates to the claimant’s claim; or (b) on request by the Commonwealth in respect of a claim affecting the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority—give to the Commonwealth any document held by the relevant authority that relates to the claim; or (c) on request by a licensed corporation in respect of a claim affecting the corporation—give to the corporation any document held by the relevant authority that relates to the claim. (2) This section also applies in relation to the determination of a request under section 25 and for that purpose: (a) a reference to a claim shall be read as a reference to the request under that section; and (b) a reference to the claimant shall be read as a reference to the person who made the request.