WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 67
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 67
(1) Subject to this
Part, an employer will be liable to pay, in relation to each period specified
by the WorkCover premium provisions or a WorkCover premium order that applies
in relation to the employer, a premium or premiums in accordance with the
requirements of this Act.
(2) An employer—
(a) who
is a self-insured employer; or
(b) who
is exempt from the requirement to be registered under Division 1
; or
(c) who
is exempt from the requirement to pay a premium by a regulation made for the
purposes of this paragraph,
is not required to pay a premium under this Division.
(3) A person who
ceases to be an employer may be entitled to a partial refund of any premium
that has been paid calculated in accordance with any relevant provision of the
WorkCover premium provisions or a WorkCover premium order that applies in
relation to the employer.
(4) An employer who is
in breach of the requirement to be registered under this Act will, in addition
to any other penalty, be liable to a fine fixed by the Corporation not
exceeding 3 times the amount of premium that would have been payable
under this Act had the employer been registered as required.
(5) The Corporation
may for any proper reason remit a fine imposed under subsection (4)
wholly or in part.
(6) The imposition of
a fine under subsection (4)
does not satisfy or affect any liability or requirement to pay any premium
under this Act.
(7) Nothing in this
section affects the adjustment of a premium or the imposition of a fine under
another provision of this Act.