sec.572AAccess to particular documents for employment purposes prohibited

### sec.572A Access to particular documents for employment purposes prohibited A person must not, for a purpose relating to the employment of a worker by the person or another person— obtain or attempt to obtain a workers’ compensation document about the worker; or use or attempt to use a workers’ compensation document about the worker. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. However, subsection (1) does not apply to a workers’ compensation document relating to the worker’s capacity to work if the document is necessary to secure the worker’s rehabilitation or early return to work under chapter 4 . In this section— employment means any process for selecting a person for employment or for deciding whether the employment of a person is to continue. worker means a person who is or was a claimant or worker for any provision of this Act or a former Act. workers’ compensation document , about a worker, means any document relating to the worker’s application for compensation or claim for damages under this Act or a former Act. s 572A ins 2005 No. 11 s 63 (sec.572A-ssec.1) A person must not, for a purpose relating to the employment of a worker by the person or another person— obtain or attempt to obtain a workers’ compensation document about the worker; or use or attempt to use a workers’ compensation document about the worker. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.572A-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a workers’ compensation document relating to the worker’s capacity to work if the document is necessary to secure the worker’s rehabilitation or early return to work under chapter 4 . (sec.572A-ssec.3) In this section— employment means any process for selecting a person for employment or for deciding whether the employment of a person is to continue. worker means a person who is or was a claimant or worker for any provision of this Act or a former Act. workers’ compensation document , about a worker, means any document relating to the worker’s application for compensation or claim for damages under this Act or a former Act. - (a) obtain or attempt to obtain a workers’ compensation document about the worker; or - (b) use or attempt to use a workers’ compensation document about the worker.