South Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (SCHEME REVIEW) AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO 17 OF 2008) - SECT 76

76—Amendment to section 112—Confidentiality to be maintained

        (1)         Section 112(1), penalty provision—delete the penalty provision at the foot of subsection (1) and substitute:

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         Section 112—after subsection (1) insert:

        (1a)         The Corporation may enter into arrangements with corresponding workers compensation authorities about sharing information obtained in the course of carrying out functions related to the administration, operation or enforcement of this Act or a corresponding law.

        (3)         Section 112(2)—after paragraph (c) insert:

            (ca)         a disclosure made to a corresponding workers compensation authority in accordance with an arrangement entered into under subsection (1a); or

            (cb)         a disclosure authorised or required under any other Act or law; or

        (4)         Section 112(2)(e)—delete "an exempt" and substitute:

a self-insured

        (5)         Section 112—after subsection (2a) insert:

        (3)         In this section—

"corresponding workers compensation authority" means any person or authority in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth with power to determine or manage claims for compensation for disabilities arising from employment.