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WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 243
Disclosure requirements
243 Disclosure requirements
(cf 1926 s 66F; 1987 s 276)
(1) A person must not disclose any information
obtained in connection with the administration or execution of this Act unless
that disclosure is made-- (a) with the consent of the person from whom the
information was obtained, or
(b) in connection with the administration or
execution of this Act, or
(c) for the purposes of any legal proceedings
arising out of this Act or of any report of any such proceedings, or
(d) in
accordance with section 72 (Inspection of relevant claims information etc), or
(e) in accordance with the requirement imposed under the Ombudsman Act 1974 ,
or
(f) with other lawful excuse.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or
imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) The Authority may disclose any information
obtained in connection with the administration or execution of this Act to--
(a) SafeWork NSW, and
(b) the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue under the
Taxation Administration Act 1996 , and
(c) the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission,
and
(d) any other person or body prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of this paragraph.
(3) In this section,
"this Act" includes the 1987 Act and the former 1926 Act.
(4) In this
section, a reference to the Authority is taken to include a reference to the
Nominal Insurer.
(5) This section does not apply in relation to protected
information within the meaning of section 243AA.
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