New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 235A

235A Fraud on workers compensation scheme

(1) A person who by deception obtains, or attempts to obtain, for himself or herself any financial advantage in connection with the workers compensation scheme under this Act or the 1987 Act is guilty of an offence if the person knows or has reason to believe that the person is not eligible to receive that financial advantage.

: Maximum penalty--500 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) A person who by deception obtains, or attempts to obtain, for another person any financial advantage in connection with the workers compensation scheme under this Act or the 1987 Act is guilty of an offence if the person knows or has reason to believe that the other person is not eligible to receive that financial advantage.

: Maximum penalty--500 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(3) A person is not liable to be convicted of an offence against this section and any other provision of this Act or the 1987 Act as a result of the same conduct.

(4) In this section--

"deception" means any deception, by words or other conduct, as to fact or as to law, including the making of a statement or the production of a document that is false or misleading.

"financial advantage" includes a financial advantage for an injured worker (or a person who claims to be an injured worker), an employer, an insurer or a medical or other service provider.