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Workers Compensation Act 1951
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158 Information for new licensed insurers after change of
licensed insurers
(a) a licensed insurer (the current insurer) issues a compulsory
insurance policy (the current policy) to an employer; and
(b) immediately before the issue of the current policy, the employer
was covered by a compulsory insurance policy (the previous
policy) issued by a different licensed insurer.
(2) Within 30 days after the day the current policy is issued, the employer
must give the current insurer a copy of the statement mentioned in
section 157 (2) in relation to the period from the day the previous
policy was issued or (if it had been renewed) last renewed to the day
before the current policy was issued.
(3) Within 30 days after the day the current policy is issued, the employer
must give the current insurer a copy of the statement mentioned in
section 157 (2) in relation to the period from the day the previous
policy was issued or (if it had been renewed) last renewed, to the day
before the current policy was issued.
(5) This section does not apply to a non-business employer.