Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 537A

537A Duty to report

(1) WorkCover or a self-insurer must—

(a) inform the Regulator if WorkCover or the self-insurer forms a reasonable belief that a category 1 offence is being or has been committed; and

(b) give the Regulator the information WorkCover or the self-insurer has about the grounds for the belief.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) An employer who is not a self-insurer must—

(a) inform WorkCover if the employer forms a reasonable belief that a category 2 offence is being or has been committed; and

(b) give WorkCover the information the employer has about the grounds for the belief.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) A regulation may prescribe how and when information must be given to the Regulator or WorkCover for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) .

(4) Subject to a regulation made for subsection (3) , the information must be given to the Regulator or WorkCover without delay.

(5) In this section—

"category 1 offence" means—

(a) an offence against any of the following—

(i) chapter 6B , part 2 ;

(ii) section 325P ;

(iii) section 325R ;

(iv) section 325T ;

(v) section 533 ;

(vi) section 534 ; or

(b) an offence prescribed by regulation to be a category 1 offence.

"category 2 offence" means—

(a) an offence against—

(i) section 533 ; or

(ii) section 534 ; or

(b) an offence prescribed by regulation to be a category 2 offence.