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Workers Compensation Act 1951
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200A Record keeping
(1) An employer must keep records of the following for 5 years after the
day the record is made:
(a) an injury notice under section 93;
(b) a statement of the employer’s estimate under section 155;
(c) a statement of total wages under section 156;
(d) a statement of total wages under section 157;
(e) a statement of total wages under section 158;
(f) a certificate of currency issued by a licensed insurer to the
(g) wages and earnings paid by the employer;
(h) invoices and related information given to the employer by a sub-
contractor;
(i) a certificate of currency in relation to a contractor;
(j) material used by the employer to work out the wages for a
statement of total wages;
(k) any record the employer is required to maintain under this Act.
(2) The regulator, or the employer’s licensed insurer, may request the
employer to make available any of the records mentioned in
(3) The employer must make the records available, not later than 3 days
after a request is made, to the person who requested the records.