New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 243

243 Disclosure of information

(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) the Council (including a committee of the Council) and any consultative body established by the Authority for the purposes of the workers compensation legislation, and

(b) the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue under the Taxation Administration Act 1996 , and

(c) the Insurance and Superannuation Commissioner under the Insurance and Superannuation Commissioner Act 1987 of the Commonwealth, 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.