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Workers Compensation Act 1951
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164 Provision of information to Minister
(1) This section applies to the following:
(a) a licensed insurer;
(b) a licensed self-insurer;
(c) if a licensed insurer or a licensed self-insurer is a corporation—
an executive officer of the corporation.
(2) The Minister may, by written notice given to a person to whom this
section applies, require the person to give to the Minister, within the
reasonable time stated in the notice—
(a) details of the number of injuries for which compensation has
been paid during the period stated in the notice and the total
compensation paid during that period; and
(b) any other details relating to the operation of this Act stated in
the notice.
(3) The notice must set out details of the applicable offences and
penalties for the offences.
(4) A person is not excused from giving particulars in accordance with a
requirement under subsection (2) on the ground that giving those
particulars would incriminate, or would tend to incriminate, the
person or would tend to expose that person to a proceeding for an
offence against a law in force in Australia or elsewhere.
(5) If a person is required to give details under subsection (2), the details
given, or any information, document or thing obtained as a direct or
indirect consequence of giving those details, is not admissible in
evidence against the person in any civil or criminal proceedings in
any court other than a proceeding for perjury or for an applicable
offence.
(6) A person to whom a notice is given must comply with the notice.
(8) In this section:
applicable offence means—
(a) an offence against this section; or
(b) an offence against the Criminal Code, section 338 (which is
about giving false or misleading information) or section 339
(which is about producing false or misleading documents) in
relation to a notice that relates to—
(i) completing, keeping or giving a document under or in
relation to this Act; or
(ii) a requirement that a document be completed, kept or given
under or in relation to this Act.