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Workers Compensation Act 1951
178Workers’ rights to information
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178 Workers’ rights to information
(1) If a territory worker who is or has been employed by an employer
asks the employer for the name and address of the person who was
the employer’s licensed insurer on a stated date, the employer must—
(a) if the employer was not a licensed self-insurer on that date—tell
the worker the name and address of the approved insurer, or each
approved insurer, who issued a compulsory insurance policy to
the employer that was current on that date; or
(b) if the employer was a licensed self-insurer on that date—tell the
worker that fact.
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(2) An employer must keep displayed, in accordance with subsection (3),
a notice containing a summary of the requirements of this Act for
making compensation claims, in the form approved by the Minister
under section 222 (Approved forms) for the notice, and stating—
(a) that claim forms for compensation are available from the
employer on request and free of charge; and
(b) if the employer is a party to a compulsory insurance policy—the
licensed insurer’s name and address; and
(c) if the employer is a licensed self-insurer—that the employer is
exempt from the requirement to obtain insurance under this Act.
(3) The employer must display the notice in a conspicuous place so that
it can be conveniently read by each territory worker employed by the
(4) An employer must ensure that claim forms approved by the Minister
under section 222 (Approved forms) are available during business
hours to each territory worker who is or has been employed by the
worker on request and free of charge.