WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 112AA
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 112AA
112AA—Confidentiality—employers
(1) An employer who is
registered under this Act, or a person employed by an employer who is
registered under this Act, must not disclose information about the physical or
mental condition of a worker unless the disclosure is—
(a)
reasonably required for, or in connection with, the carrying out of the proper
conduct of the business of the employer; or
(b)
required in connection with the operation of this Act; or
(c) made
with the consent of the person to whom the information relates, or who
furnished the information; or
(d)
required by a court or tribunal constituted by law, or before a review
authority; or
(e)
authorised or required under any other Act or law; or
(f)
made—
(i)
to the Corporation; or
(ii)
to the worker's employer; or
(g) made
under the authorisation of the Minister; or
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(2) A regulation made
for the purposes of subsection (1)(h)
cannot take effect unless it has been laid before both Houses of Parliament
and—
(a) no
motion for disallowance is moved within the time for such a motion; or
(b)
every motion for disallowance of the regulation has been defeated or
withdrawn, or has lapsed.