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Workers Compensation Act 1987
175JInspection of records of employers
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#### 175J Inspection of records of employers
175J Inspection of records of employers
> > (1) The Nominal Insurer may direct an employer in writing to make available, at the time and place specified in the direction, for inspection by a specified person authorised by the Nominal Insurer, records of a specified kind in the possession of the employer that are relevant to any of the following—
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> > > (a) the determination of whether the employer is a member of a group,
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> > > (b) the identity of other members of a group of which the employer is a member.
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> > (2) A person authorised under subsection (1) may inspect records in accordance with the terms of the direction and make copies of, or take extracts from, those records.
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> > (3) An employer given a direction under this section—
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> > > (a) must comply with the direction, and
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> > > (b) must not wilfully obstruct or delay an authorised person when exercising any power under subsection (2).
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
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> > (4) If an inspection under this section reveals that an employer has contravened a provision of this Division, the Nominal Insurer is entitled to recover in a court of competent jurisdiction, as a debt due to the Nominal Insurer from the employer, the costs incurred by the Nominal Insurer in connection with that inspection.
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> > (5) A certificate issued by the Nominal Insurer certifying as to the costs incurred by the Nominal Insurer in connection with such an inspection is evidence of the matters certified.
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> **ss 175G–175J:** Ins 2006 No 25, Sch 1 \[7\]. Am 2015 No 19, Sch 5 \[12\].