WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 59

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 59

59—Registration of employers

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2)

, an employer shall not employ a worker in employment to which this Act applies unless the employer is registered by the Corporation.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 for each worker so employed.

        (2)         An employer is not required to be registered if the employer is exempted by the regulations from the obligation to be registered.

        (3)         No offence is committed by an employer against this section if the employer applies for registration within 14 days after the obligation to be registered arises.

        (4)         It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1)

in respect of the employment of a particular worker if the court is satisfied that at the time of the alleged offence the employer believed on reasonable grounds that the worker's employment was not connected with this State by virtue of the operation of section 6

.

        (5)         If the employer's belief on reasonable grounds was that under section 6

the worker's employment was connected with another State, subsection (4)

does not apply unless at the time of the alleged offence the employer had workers compensation cover in respect of the worker under the law of that other State.

        (6)         In this section—

"State" includes a Territory;

"workers compensation cover" means insurance or registration required under the law of a State in respect of liability for statutory workers compensation under that law.