New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2001 - REG 343

343 Retention of records of notice acknowledgement

(1) A person who gives WorkCover a notice under section 86 of the Act (including under clause 342) must make and keep for at least 5 years after the notice is given:

(a) a record of the date, time, place and nature of the incident to which the notice relates, and

(b) a record of the date on which and the way in which the notice was given, and

(c) a record of any acknowledgement (such as a receipt number) given to the person by WorkCover as evidence of receipt of the notice.

Note: An entry in the register of injuries kept under section 63 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 is a sufficient record of an injury to a worker for the purposes of this clause. The record of an acknowledgement of the notice can also be made and kept as part of the register of injuries.

(2) Any such person must make those records available for inspection by an inspector in accordance with a request by the inspector, and in any event, no later than 7 days after the date of the request.

Maximum penalty: Level 1.