Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 536

536 Duty to report fraud or false or misleading information or documents

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an employer who is not a self-insurer reasonably believes that a person is defrauding, or attempting to defraud, WorkCover; or

(b) an employer who is a self-insurer reasonably believes that a person is defrauding, or attempting to defraud, the self-insurer; or

(c) WorkCover reasonably believes that a person is defrauding, or attempting to defraud, WorkCover.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , this section also applies if—

(a) an employer who is not a self-insurer reasonably believes that a person has stated anything, or given a document containing information, to WorkCover or a registered person that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) an employer who is a self-insurer reasonably believes that a person has stated anything, or given a document containing information, to the self-insurer or a registered person that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(c) WorkCover reasonably believes that a person has stated anything, or given a document containing information, to WorkCover or a registered person that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

(3) The employer who is not a self-insurer must, without delay, give WorkCover the information the employer has in relation to the defrauding, attempting to defraud, stating of the thing or giving of the document.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) The employer who is a self-insurer must, without delay, give the Regulator the information the employer has in relation to the defrauding, attempting to defraud, stating of the thing or giving of the document.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(5) WorkCover must, without delay, give the Regulator the information it has in relation to the defrauding, attempting to defraud, stating of the thing or giving of the document.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.