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Workers Compensation Act 1951
155Information for licensed insurers on application for issue
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155 Information for licensed insurers on application for issue
or renewal of policies
(1) This section applies if an employer applies to a licensed insurer for
the issue or renewal of a compulsory insurance policy for a particular
period (the proposed insurance period).
(2) The employer must give the licensed insurer, with the application, a
statement of the employer’s estimate for the proposed insurance
(3) The employer must give the licensed insurer, with the application, a
statement of the employer’s estimate for the proposed insurance
(4) A statement of the employer’s estimate may be signed for the
employer by any of the following:
(5) An offence against subsection (3) is a strict liability offence.
employer’s estimate, for a proposed insurance period, means the
employer’s estimate of the following:
(a) the number of territory workers in each determined category to
be employed by the employer in the period;
(b) the total wages to be paid to territory workers in each determined
category in the period;
(c) the number of paid and unpaid workers who will work for the
employer in the period;
(d) the approximate amount of time each paid and unpaid worker
will work for the employer in the period.