New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 239

239 Authority may obtain documents from certain registries

(cf 1989 s 22)

(1) The Authority is entitled, for the purpose of exercising its functions--

(a) to inspect or copy, or take extracts from, any documents held in the registry of the Commission, and

(b) to inspect or copy, or take extracts from, such documents held in the registry of the District Court as relate to its residual jurisdiction under Division 8A of Part 3 of the District Court Act 1973 .

(2) The Registrar of the District Court and the principal registrar of the Commission are required to give all necessary assistance to the Authority to enable it to exercise its powers under this section.

(3) The Commission may, in respect of any information obtained by the Authority from the Registrar or principal registrar under this section, order that the information is not to be used in any proceedings, or any specified proceedings, before the Commission.

(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the keeping of statistics or other information at the registry of the Commission, or (in relation to its residual jurisdiction under Division 8A of Part 3 of the District Court Act 1973 ) at the registry of the District Court, and the supply of the statistics or information to the Authority.

(5) In this section, a reference to the Authority is taken to include a reference to the Nominal Insurer.