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Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
232Worker’s right to information
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#### 232 Worker’s right to information
232 Worker’s right to information
(cf 1926 s 18B; 1987 s 270)
> > (1) A worker may request the employer of the worker to supply the following information—
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> > > (a) the employer’s name and address for the service of documents for the purposes of this Act, and
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> > > (b) the name and address of the insurer from whom the employer has obtained a policy of insurance or, if the employer is a self-insurer, to be so informed.
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> > (2) An employer, or a person acting for an employer in the management of the employer’s trade or business, must not—
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> > > (a) fail to supply any such information, or
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> > > (b) supply information which the employer or person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > employer, in relation to a worker, includes a principal within the meaning of section 20 of the 1987 Act who is liable to pay compensation to the worker.