Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies to the following:
(a) a licensed insurer;
(b) a licensed self-insurer;
(c) if a licensed insurer or a licensed self-insurer is a corporation—an executive officer of the corporation.
(2) The Minister may, by written notice given to a person to whom this section applies, require the person to give to the Minister, within the reasonable time stated in the notice—
(a) details of the number of injuries for which compensation has been paid during the period stated in the notice and the total compensation paid during that period; and
(b) any other details relating to the operation of this Act stated in the notice.
(3) The notice must set out details of the applicable offences and penalties for the offences.
(4) A person is not excused from giving particulars in accordance with a requirement under subsection (2) on the ground that giving those particulars would incriminate, or would tend to incriminate, the person or would tend to expose that person to a proceeding for an offence against a law in force in Australia or elsewhere.
(5) If a person is required to give details under subsection (2), the details given, or any information, document or thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of giving those details, is not admissible in evidence against the person in any civil or criminal proceedings in any court other than a proceeding for perjury or for an applicable offence.
(6) A person to whom a notice is given must comply with the notice.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(7) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(8) In this section:
"applicable offence "means—
(a) an offence against this section; or
(b) an offence against the Criminal Code
, section 338 (which is about giving false or misleading information) or section 339 (which is about producing false or misleading documents) in relation to a notice that relates to—
(i) completing, keeping or giving a document under or in relation to this Act; or
(ii) a requirement that a document be completed, kept or given under or in relation to this Act.