RETURN TO WORK ACT 2014 - SECT 165

RETURN TO WORK ACT 2014 - SECT 165

165—Certificate of registration

        (1)         The Corporation must, on the application of an employer who is registered under this Act, issue a certificate (a "certificate of registration ) with respect to—

            (a)         the registration of the employer under this Act; and

            (b)         the employer's compliance with any requirement to pay premiums under this Part.

        (2)         A certificate of registration will be in a designated form and will contain information determined by the Corporation.

        (3)         An employer who is registered under this Act must, within 5 business days of a request to do so by a person authorised under this section to make the request, produce a current certificate of registration for inspection by the person.

Maximum penalty: $1 000.

        (4)         An employer does not commit an offence against subsection (3) if the employer satisfies the court that the employer took reasonable steps to obtain the relevant certificate within 5 business days of the request for production but was unsuccessful.

        (5)         A person who fraudulently alters a certificate of registration issued under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $25 000.

        (6)         An employer to whom a certificate of registration is issued under this section must notify the Corporation within 5 business days after it is issued if the certificate contains an error as to the information set out in the certificate in relation to the employer.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (7)         A certificate of registration issued under this section is evidence of the matters that it certifies.

        (8)         The following persons are authorised to request an employer to produce the employer's current certificate of registration:

            (a)         any person who has, in the course of or for the purposes of the person's trade or business, contracted with the employer for the employer to carry out the whole or part of any work associated with that trade or business, or who proposes to enter into such a contract;

            (b)         an authorised officer;

            (c)         an officer of an industrial association;

            (d)         a person authorised by the Corporation in writing for the purposes of this section.